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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bad school" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a school that is perceived to have poor quality, low performance, or negative attributes.
Example: "Many parents are concerned about sending their children to a bad school, fearing it may affect their education."
Alternatives: "an inadequate school" or "a failing school".
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"It looked like a bad school play.
In other words, a bad school.
Everyone knows Jamaica High is a bad school.
"I've never had a bad school visit," she said.
To the Editor: You can get a good education at a bad school and a bad education at a good school.
A student's right to trade a bad school for a better one is a cornerstone of the No Child Left Behind Act.
"Everyone contributes the same taxwise, so why should my child have to go to a bad school?" said Mr. Renner's wife, Susan.
"This is a horrible school to go to," said Heaven Briggs, 13, a seventh grader whose grandmother, Yvette Gardner, agreed that Emmet was "a bad school".
Teacher effects dwarf school effects: your child is actually better off in a "bad" school with an excellent teacher than in an excellent school with a bad teacher.
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I know what it's like because I went to a very bad school where anyone intelligent was ostracised and bullied.
Ms. Rhee has earned the ire of a teachers' union after dismissing dozens of teachers for poor performance, even as she has won plaudits for improving a notoriously bad school system.
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