Sentence examples for students being held from inspiring English sources

A spokeswoman for Uncommon Schools said that only a small part of the reduction was due to attrition; most can be explained by students' being held back for lack of academic skills.

That was in large measure because the policies have resulted in fewer students being held back than before, with some improving their test scores after summer school programs, and others winning promotion through an appeals process.

Families have clung to hope as well as occasional rumors of the students' being held alive in a cave, a warehouse or in the hills, with only a few accepting the prospect of their deaths.

Texas is one of the few states that have administered exit tests for many years, and opponents of testing have rallied behind findings by Walter Haney, a scholar at Boston College, that the tests have led to enormous numbers of students being held back in ninth grade, before the test, and then dropping out later.

Rachel Nyaradzo Adams, associate director for Africa in Yale's Office of International Affairs, notes that hosting these 25 rising leaders comes as the university is expanding its engagement and outreach with the continent, seen also in a new program this August — the Yale Young African Scholars Program — for talented high school students being held in Accra, Ghana, and Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The directors perceived there would be numerous benefits from working with schools for students and schools, including reducing student absenteeism, improving student attention and concentration, and reducing the number of students being held back in schools because of health problems.

But only 1,300 students were held back.

A similar rally by junior high school students was held in Surabaya, Indonesia's second-largest city.

The students were held about 48 hours and will have to appear before a federal judge.

At 1 o'clock a rally of high-school students was held on the Mall in Central Park.

The traditionalist criticism of essential schools is that students are held to squishy, unverifiable standards.