Sentences with word «underachieving»

I understand frustration of underachieving in the Champions League, but I feel this is a cultural thing.

As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of underachieving students in the primary literacy program meeting grade - level literacy benchmarks rose from 55 percent in 2000 to 80 percent in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie School District 65, 2004).

Pioneered an after school program for underachieving students resulting in a 60 % upswing in test scores across all subjects.

At the same time, NCLB's harshest penalties for underachieving schools and teachers are about to kick in: By 2014, the law dictates, 100 % of public school students must be «proficient» in math and reading.

«And the social consequences of that is that the students in the schools with the most resources — often the white students — can develop computing skills, while minorities at underachieving schools don't have the opportunity.»

I'd do it too if I played for one of the most underachieving teams in baseball.

The Prince's Trust has launched a new programme designed to support young people who are at risk of underachieving at school or college to engage with and succeed in education.

Here's a few suggestions based on my own experience, research with underachieving gifted learners, and advice from Delisle.

Though Logan Lucky's funny and committed cast (also including Dwight Yoakam, an underused Katherine Waterston, and a barely there Hilary Swank) provides a steady supply of good - sized laughs, this film struck me as underachieving on several fronts.

The report also found in about a third of primary schools inspected this year, more able children underachieved because their work was not challenging enough.

Teachers surveyed also felt that it was important to provide coding lessons for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (71 per cent) and to provide extra teaching support for underachieving children in this subject (65 per cent).

The movie, co-written and directed by Bottle Rocket's Wes Anderson, is meant to be an offbeat comedy / drama about an unusual high school student who underachieves in classes because he spends all of his time on extracurricular activities.

Arsenal's days of allowing our big players to leave and join rivals is over as far as I'm concerned, but with a number of underachieving players linked with exits, I urge the club not to sell to any close rivals.

I shared the story with Delisle during a workshop he conducted on underachieving gifted students.

Perhaps surprisingly, the full electric sedan Renault Fluence ZE fell short of the anticipated five stars, underachieving on pedestrian protection, driver and passenger protection offered.

massively underachieved at both PSG and with France, relative to the players / wealth available to him.

What follows is a road trip he takes with his intelligent but underachieving son (Will Forte) and an eventual extended family meet - up in his Nebraska childhood town, where Forte's character learns much about his dad that the old man never told him himself.

Inter may be one of the most underachieving clubs in Europe when it comes to the Champions League.

The genuine answer is that we are tired of supposedly «world class» players on Arsenal wages performing like westbrom quality players.We are also tired of consistently underachieving with a manager who appears fire - proof.

Three underachieving high school seniors decide to throw a party to make a name for themselves.

That's the headline we're going to use because we want you to read the piece, but it also feels right in the immediate aftermath of a dramatic reset for the most underachieving team of LeBron's second Cavs tenure.

Hope the Wenger and Kroenke banners are out in full force next weekend @ the Emirates, a capitulation against Norwich and predictable beat down @ the Etiahd to come WOULD be the end of any chronically underachieving coach sans Wenger.

It's all nonsense, of course, but when you've got the 570S, 911 Turbo S and R8 V10 Plus strutting about in the sunnier corner of the showroom, each of these three cars will only ever be marked down as the slightly underachieving younger sibling.

Regarding Conte — I think it's less about underachieving now, and more about overachieving last season.

South Carolina overachieved compared to the spread in Thursday's Birmingham Bowl loss to USF, and Arkansas only underachieved by about four points.

Are u people not hurt enough to see our darling Arsenal underachieve under a manager who hasn't adapted to the modern game.

Three years ago, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) made an appealing journey from underachieving hooligan to dapper super-spy.

The passage of SB620 in the Senate is, without a doubt, a significant first step in providing Michigan parents with the legal power to transform underachieving schools that are failing their children.

Rationale: These are both talented and underachieving sides, so I'm taking the one whose manager has won trophies in the past.

Its only at Arsenal where the manager can constantly underachieve for a decade and still be secure in his job and still be given the freedom to make the same stupidly obvious mistakes season after season.

The Anfield faithful are understandably downcast following a hugely underachieving campaign, and fortunately for Brendan Rodgers, plenty of the club's fans are delighted with their first signing of the summer.

While the response to underachieving local authority schools was to transform them into academies, there is yet to be any formal guidelines instructing what should happen when academies are underperforming.

Leading underachieving students in poverty to success involves asking the right questions, finding the leverage points, deploying resources effectively, optimizing time, and sharing data effectively.

United's U23's will be looking for some stability under the guidance of Ricky Sbragia this season after underachieving last season, playing without a recognised striker.

So underachieved, maybe.

Giroud hasn't underachieved for an 11 million quid striker.

Above all this, I fully expect a new and proper manager to be installed sometime this summer and we must hope and believe that, unlike Wenger, he will find the correct role for many players who have underachieved under Wenger.

Making the Case makes it's grand return to Gamer Crash, putting the spotlight on some underrated or underachieving games.

Mr Bangs argues that gender gap will not close in our schools without resources continuing to be being targeted at the biggest underachieving groups - white working class boys and African - Caribbean boys.

Other cast members include Daniel Stern as a freaked out suburb dad, Jeremy Piven as his frustrated, underachieving brother and Leland Orser as the guy who doesn't talk much.

The Bears would ultimately underachieve that season with a first - round NCAA tournament loss to Hawaii, but Martin's status as an elite recruiter was sealed.

«She made them all look like underachieving geniuses,» Cizek said.

The Florida Department of Education awarded $ 2.7 million to the college in 2015 to create a dynamic research center where UF education faculty are vigorously transforming teacher preparation for elementary teachers so they can have a greater impact on student learning, especially among historically underachieving students.

Joe Johnson, who plays on a vastly underachieving Brooklyn Nets team that has a 20 - 23 record, has only really played well for a month and is still only averaging 15.7 PPG.

We also have too many underachieving players who contribute little but are happy to embrace that fat paycheck.