Sentence examples for fail state from inspiring English sources

Eleven other dams were damaged and some may be at risk to fail, state officials said.

And still almost half of their students fail state achievement exams, and pass rates vary widely by campus.

The staff keeps track of student progress in a war room with green, yellow and red posters to indicate which children are likely to fail state exams.

Since 1995, the system has seen several major initiatives, including the introduction of academic probation, charter schools, mandated summer school for students who fail state tests and a recent push for a "culture of calm" in response to neighborhood violence.

The new lawsuit targets schools where more than half the students fail state tests in both math and language arts, or where three-quarters of the students fail in one subject.

As a form of compromise, the Legislature passed a law ceding the state sweeping new powers to take over and refashion entire districts where more than half of the children fail state math and reading tests.

"How does a failed state live?

The Pacific's first failed state?

Libya is a virtual failed state.

Somalia is now the archetypal failed state.

Congo had become a lamentably failed state.