Sentences with phrase «taking over a failing school where»

The trailer for the movie, which opens in September, shows a mother, played by Gyllenhaal, leading parents in taking over a failing school where teachers have failed to teach her daughter to read, punched her and locked her in a closet.

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And this continues under the sponsored - academy model, where failing schools are taken over and run by an academy trust.

First, charters might take over failing schools in which disadvantaged students are concentrated, and succeed where other approaches have not.

State superintendent Tony Bennett announced the change in Gary this morning, opting to bring in the company — already contracted to work in schools from South Carolina to Washington state — to take over a school where 84.3 percent of students failed state standardized tests and 92.2 percent of sophomores failed End - of - Course Assessments.

And this continues under the sponsored - academy model, where failing schools are taken over and run by an academy trust, usually under a new principal and governing body.