Sentences with phrase «lower academic hurdle»
In his article on the high - school graduation rate («Tassels on the Cheap,» Feature, Fall 2002), Duncan Chaplin implies that the General Educational Development (GED) tests represent a lower academic hurdle than graduating from high school.
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English - language learners and children from low - income communities face particular hurdles in acquiring sufficient academic vocabulary to be proficient readers of more complex subjects.
MarylandCAN chose to focus on Baltimore, a district that arguably faces the biggest hurdles in the state: high concentrations of low - income students and a history of poor academic performance.