Sentence examples for substandard school from inspiring English sources
Poverty-stricken, high-unemployment, crime- and drug-plagued neighborhoods will unavoidably produce substandard school achievement.
The dangers facing students in substandard school buses were known to government officials.
The Ministry of Education report is a rare government admission of substandard school construction.
After the accident in Gansu last month, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao promised to address the problem of substandard school transportation.
These schools save costs by hiring ill-trained teachers and running large classes in substandard school buildings.
For $1.8 million, their upper price limit, they saw homes with major structural problems, on busy streets and in substandard school districts.
From infancy on they have lived in poverty with neglectful and abusive families, lived in substandard housing and neighborhoods, and attended substandard schools.
The program's focus on supposed bad "individual" behaviors ignores the daily struggle of people living in underresourced, stressed communities with substandard schools, housing and recreational facilities.
This would create competition among schools for good students and would put political pressure on substandard schools to either improve or close down.
David Shreve, of the National Association of State Legislators, said private tutoring might help children at substandard schools do better at reading and math, and ultimately improve a failing school's scores.
