Sentence examples for lagging student from inspiring English sources

Middle schools have been under fire for lagging student achievement, and schools with the K-8 format have posted better attendance and fewer disciplinary problems, said the schools superintendent, Reginald Mayo.

Suppose, it noted, "that in the 15 years after the 1983 report 'A Nation at Risk' sounded the alarm about the 'rising tide of mediocrity' in American education," the U.S. had lifted lagging student achievement to higher benchmarks of performance?

Look at the problems: Declining enrollment, a steady flight by students to charters, lagging student achievement and a massive projected budget deficit, to name just a few.

If King has had nonconformist ideas about how to run the behemoth system or turn around lagging student achievement, she's never made them widely known.

L.A. Unified faces a long-term financial crisis driven by declining enrollment, lagging student performance, political tumult and recent policy fiascoes, such as a $1.3-billion 1.3-billionquip all studeffortnd toachequipith iPall.

The policy requires schools to give extra help to lagging students.

But he argues, passionately, that the city has to try something to save lagging students before it is too late.

Housing grades 6 through 12, he said, the school's aim will be to catch lagging students early.

Through smaller class sizes and more intense attention given to lagging students, it is now near the middle.

But some Web sites for parents have offered the suspicion that schools remove lagging students to protect another statistic that schools do publicize: their students' admissions rates to top colleges.

Mr. Levy also asked lawmakers for more money to raise teaching salaries, saying he would need the financial incentive to recruit more certified teachers and persuade them to give up part of their summer vacations to teach lagging students.