Sentence examples for schools gained from inspiring English sources

Under Tony Blair's academies programme, some 200 failing schools gained control over budgets, curriculum and working conditions.

When the next school board election was held, a coalition that promised to reopen those schools gained the majority.

The findings, from two separate universities, reveal that students from state schools gained better degrees than independently educated candidates with the same A-level grades.

According to Rudolf Eliott Lockhart of the Independent Schools Council, twice the proportion of entries from pupils at the organisation's schools gained an "A" grade or better at A-level in 2010 compared with pupils at English state schools.

Adolescents in states with strict laws regulating the sale of snacks and sugary drinks in public schools gained less weight over a three-year period than those living in states with no such laws, a new study has found.

Ohio, where most charters are worse than the traditional schools, gained a reputation as the "Wild West" of charter schools because it exercised almost no oversight.Massachusetts, meanwhile, has had excellent results and is strict about the schools it allows to operate; the state will step in and close an underperforming school at short notice.

But with the other 1,000 mainstream secondary schools gaining only 2,000 such pupils, the question is, where did the missing 5,500 go?

It is a required school subject from the primary grades on up, although only children who go beyond those grades, and especially those who attend elite schools, gain significant competence in the language.

Fewer children from these streets reach university, because the percentage of pupils from local schools gaining three passes at higher grade is lower than anywhere else, while those with five passes are almost unheard of.

The teachers will be part of a newly set up National Teaching Service - and will be expected to complete up to three years in schools, gaining experience which could fast-track them to senior management jobs.

The school gained international recognition when Luce's successor, Alfred Thayer Mahan, published The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660 1783 in 1890.