Sentences with phrase «stuck in failing»

Children shouldn't be stuck in failing schools, but parent trigger laws are not the answer for improving their situation.

The middle class and even most lower class folks don't have this problem because if they're stuck in a failing school, they can always MOVE out of the neighborhood.

These efforts will help close our state's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap and act as a lifeline for the 65,000 kids still stuck in failing public schools.

Only then will our Mayor truly be a mayor for all kids, one who does what is necessary to give children stuck in failing schools a pathway to real opportunity.

That's because education choice empowers families stuck in failing school districts to send their children to superior schools.

To quote Governor Abbott directly, «School choice is a civil rights issue, and Texas must ensure that no child is ever stuck in a failing school.

«It has been a privilege to be part of efforts to transform Cleveland Schools, help students who are stuck in failing schools like Youngstown, and to create mentorship programs in schools,» Ross said in a press release this morning.

But at the very same time, Mabry's AEA filed a politically - driven lawsuit, alleging that Alabama's new educational choice program — which especially benefits low - income kids stuck in failing schools — is unconstitutional.

This is the union that by being virulently anti-school choice is doing everything within its mighty power to keep African - American children stuck in failing schools across America.

«Making sure that our kids aren't stuck in failing schools has been a priority and this bill will profoundly benefit our children,» the governor said.

So Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to extend school choice to low - income families whose children are stuck in failing schools should be celebrated by the entire society.

«These schools will help close our state's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap by acting as a lifeline to the 65,000 Connecticut kids still stuck in failing public schools.

Too many children are stuck in failing schools without options,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Mississippi Congressmen Gregg Harper, Trent Kelly, and Steven Palazzo all supported this legislation while Rep. Bennie Thompson voted against it.Under this program, low - income students in Washington D.C., usually stuck in failing public schools, can receive scholarships to attend the private school of their choice.

The per - pupil funding increases they've granted will help close Connecticut's worst - in - the - nation achievement gap, and the money for more charters will act as a lifeline for the 65,000 Connecticut kids still stuck in failing public schools.

We need to help our children who are stuck in failing public schools with no choices but to suffer or quit.

But if they stay stuck in the failing system they'll be lucky if they graduate from high school.

Even if start - up charters are more likely to succeed than turnarounds, there currently are not enough of them available to kids stuck in failing schools.

Quality education choices — charters and beyond — for hundreds of thousands of families, and broad acceptance of the proposition that children should not be stuck in failing schools

DCPS still has nearly 8,000 students stuck in failing prek - 8 schools, despite over 10 years of reform leadership.

President Obama also has championed the success that innovative schools of choice have had educating students who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools.

Under the former rubric: If kids are stuck in failing or mediocre or «bad - fit» schools, we parents should be able to vote with our feet, «exit» the school, and go someplace else.

The proposition — originally formulated by Milton Friedman — was (and remains) that parents, particularly the poor and those with children stuck in those failing schools, deserve better options and that a vibrant marketplace would lead to educational improvement.

It pushed for options for students stuck in failing schools.

But I never told them what to do if teachers held low expectations for them or what to do when stuck in a failing school.

«To me, being a warrior for social justice means doing whatever it takes to change the odds for kids who are stuck in failing school systems,» she says.

She goes at the behest of her daughter, Sally (Naomi Watts), a gallery assistant stuck in a failing marriage with a failing writer, Roy (Josh Brolin).

Five decades later minority kids are still stuck in FAILING NYC schools.

Too many children are stuck in failing schools without options,» said StudentsFirstNY Executive Director Jenny Sedlis.

Adopting what are becoming tried - and - true blended - learning models (yes, I know it still may be too soon to use that phrase for blended learning, but I just did it) to individualize learning for students and improve teachers» lives is better than remaining stuck in a failed factory - based model of schooling, even if the model is not the most innovative thing ever that pushes the blended - learning field forward for students.

Not exact matches

If all else fails, the infographic suggests you could also grab your favorite cup of caffeine or chew on a stick of gum as a means to get your mind back on the task in hand.

«It's very easy to get stuck in a stagnant state if you struggle to ask for help, don't think you deserve help or think asking for help means you're failing,» Lowbridge tells CNBC Make It.

I wish I knew earlier on that by sticking with an idea after failing, you are forced to find your own way forward and get back to what inspired you in the first place — whether it's addressing a hole in the market or thinking about a different way of doing things.

Baxter should be able to stick the widget in a box, put it in an electrical tester and sort it into Pass and Fail piles, drive a screw into it — whatever's needed, as long as it's a fairly simple task.

Fail at that mission, and you are going to find the public sticking its nose in, and rightly so.

The winner came in overtime off the stick of Patric Hornqvist when a defenseman failed to clear the puck and instead set up Hornqvist for a wide - open shot.

Stuck in a price war with its competitors and accused of failing to evolve its menu, the global company announced a $ 344 - million loss for the final quarter of 2002, the first in its history.

«If you're not willing to fail, to do something that fails and fails until you get it right, then you're stuck,» says Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, a nonprofit group that holds global competitions to spur innovation in technology and other disciplines.

At the same time, Apple failed to generate as much excitement as in the past by sticking with a similar exterior design for a third year in a row.

In a phone call with Fortune, Rattner acknowledged that the law could create jobs but not the kind that will stick around long - term as startups fail more often than they succeed.

When you fail in life at whatever it is you're trying to do, you have to demonstrate flexibility and stick to it to help you achieve the success you desire.

For every resolution hater out there that says many fail to stick to their resolutions after just a few weeks, there is someone who believes in the power of a promise.

I don't make a lot of trades each week so I keep most of my crypto transactions to a minimum, but in a recent Bitcoin beginners class a student asked me what happens when a Bitcoin transaction fails or gets stuck?

Most of the time a cryptocurrency transactions goes through just fine, but every once in a while you get a Bitcoin transaction that gets stuck in the system, fails, or seems lost.

He believes biblical manhood and womanhood requires sticking to traditional gender roles in the home, and has said that stay - at - home fathers and men who take on domestic duties are «man fails.»

That places us in a state of flux, where our willingness to grow and change will decide whether we fail and stay stuck or we make progress through the conflict.

I think a major problem with many churches nowadays is that they are so stuck in their ways that they fail to even desire to start thinking about the Bible with as much objectivity as they can muster — such an approach might lead them down a path that doesn't follow age - old traditions.

But in a holiday statement to troops issued by his office on Dec. 22, 2010 and posted on the governor's website, Perry fails to mention Christmas at all, sticking instead to more general terms like «holiday season.»

The brown and raw cane sugars failed to completely dissolve, so in the final recipe, I omitted both and stuck with granulated sugar.

Fail - Proof Pizza Dough and Cheesy Garlic Bread Sticks -LCB- just like in restaurants! -RCB-