Sentence examples for modest schooling from inspiring English sources

At the time, this was deemed a troubling statistic attributable to the aftermath of the Great Depression in which millions of people suffered from malnutrition and were often unable to obtain even modest schooling.

Wouldn't it be better to build 10 modest schools rather than a single luxurious one?

Lord Jenkins, the chancellor of Oxford University, went to a modest school in Wales.

So it reduced entry requirements for such applicants, to take account of their often modest school results.

The modest school had been rebuilt with U.S. and international donations after extremists opposed to educating girls blew it up.

"This is what is sacred to me," Fatima repeated, opening her arms and looking at her modest school.

AFTER this week's uncomfortably large rebellion over his relatively modest school reforms, Tony Blair will have to pick the remaining battles of his premiership with some care.

Bossemptele, with its mission compound — a pretty little church, a modest school, and a rudimentary hospital — seemed like a peaceful place.

She now rotates between classrooms at the modest school in Gobang, teaching English, math and Indonesian to grades one through six.

Mr. Vallas was hired in late 2011 to much fanfare: a nationally known advocate of change in education, with stints in Philadelphia, Chicago and New Orleans on his résumé, coming to the aid of a modest school district mired in budget cuts.

The potential for a modest school to survive a powerful earthquake is perhaps nowhere better illustrated than in Balakot, Pakistan, one of hundreds of communities near the border with India shattered by a devastating tectonic jolt on Oct. 8, 2005.