Sentence examples for state of school from inspiring English sources

Read this article from 2003 about the desperate state of school lunches and you'll appreciate how much progress is being made.

Britain's success in the Olympics has cast an unflattering light on the state of school sport; after years in which the variety and scale of sport in school has boomed, it is looking increasingly patchy.

"You have to go back to 1945," says Rosen. "When you consider the state of school buildings in 1945, and not simply because so many had been bombed, they were slum schools in slum areas with scarcely any play space.

"Jamie's School Dinners," his award-winning four-part series, exposed the shameful state of school lunches in Britain and made for riveting television — he and the school cooks working feverishly to prepare dishes like tagine of lamb that the students either refused to try or dumped in the trash after one bite.

Richard and Mary Smith, an elderly couple wrapped up tightly against the bitter wind, were happy to pause on their way to have coffee to bemoan the state of school discipline, and speak of their fears about crime and poor parenting.

In the event, a measurable decline in their participation is one reason why feeble women teachers are now shouldering the blame for the state of school sport while 2012's euphoric ceremonies and thrilling haul of medals add glamour to Coe's qualifications for BBC leadership.

He said he had also increased the state share of school construction costs.

The blame lies primarily with the woeful state of schools in the health professions.

Kapil Sibal, the education minister and Congress Party stalwart, held a lively session on the state of schooling in India.

That's not to say that Radio Silence is some massive rant about the state of schools, it isn't.

He also expressed concern about the state of schools in areas populated by indigenous communities, saying that some lacked clean water and electricity.