Sentence examples for marginal schools from inspiring English sources

Critics of the policy said that it would open the door to students from marginal schools whose S.A.T. scores would normally have been too low for admission to the University of Texas — and that is exactly what happened.

The relative supply of physicians declined early in the century, primarily as a consequence of the 1910 Flexner Report, which brought reform to the standards and curricula of United States medical schools and closed marginal schools.

The state estimates that under the proposed rules, marginal schools would shrink to 26percentt, from 36percentt, and only 9 school districts, rather than all 24, would fall short.

For some decades, such sentiments remained restricted to a somewhat marginal school of thought in the philosophy of mathematics.

In fact, from the start of European collaboration, there has been a general consensus about the ineffectiveness of introducing the idea of Europe as a new subject area in school programmes, already too overloaded; there is even the potential danger that it is reduced to a marginal school subject.

He had always preferred to exhibit his art in marginal places: in schools rather than in a museum like the Modern, which he considered "pretentious".

Elaborating on the report's suggested adoption of the Olympic sport concept of marginal gains in schools, Morrin said: "The Team GB approach is about looking across all the variety of inputs that can affect performance in the classroom, putting the right strategies in place and collecting data and measurements to identify what works and focus on getting the maximum returns.

The IPPR inquiry concluded that PFI schemes had delivered good value for money in roads and prisons but only marginal benefits in schools and hospitals.By contrast, PPPs remain a modest affair where their potential is the greatest in the delivery of the core public services in health and education.

Social mobility is a problem that cannot be fixed by a marginal increase in school funding for poorer pupils.

Others devoted too much time to "marginal issues (like school uniform, dinner menu or the peeling paintwork in the main hall) instead of focussing on the core issues that really matter", he said.

The remainder of this paper estimates remittance marginal effects on schooling across sub-groups while addressing the potential endogeneity of remittances.