Sentence examples for defy education from inspiring English sources

PAGE A12 STATES DEFY EDUCATION LAW With Montana and several other Western states rebelling against the requirement that 100 percent of American students be proficient in English and math by 2014, some education officials and experts see signs that years of federal dominance of public school accountability may be drawing to a close.

In its report, "No Excuses," Heritage claims that these schools succeed because their principals defy public education bureaucracies, substitute basics for progressive education fads, do a lot of testing, fire uninspiring teachers (or harass them until they leave) and refuse to blame poverty or other family disadvantage for low scores.

Gov. Sam Brownback, a Republican, and his political allies threatened to defy the court on education spending and slashed income taxes in their effort to make the state a model of conservatism.

Our definition of "education" defies the conventional mind-set about communities like Elmont; fittingly, our motto is "Reaching and Teaching for Excellence".

As a technophile society, we are ready to embrace techie solutions for complex problems, but primary education defies easy solutions.

Her father ran one of the last schools to defy Taliban orders to end female education.

One answer is the rivalry of two institutions that have tried to defy the fragmented and divided world of French higher education: the Toulouse School of Economics TSEE) and the Paris School of Economics PSEE).

However, this is the century in which a young girl defied threats to her education, survived an attempt on her life and became a global advocate for girls' education, inspiring adults and children the world over.

They are now ready to defy all odds in order to defend their right to education.

Pink, a father of three, expressed his dissatisfaction with the current model for education and what he refers to as a "comply or defy" environment.

This learning defies the need in education to tick boxes and leaves me in no doubt that our wilderness areas hold a valuable key to our education and personal transformation.