brain up v.— «Mr Saumarez Smith, a former academic, believes the answer is not to dumb down, “as the Department for Culture Media and Sport would sometimes seem to like us to do”, but to “brain up.”» —“Museums ‘must brain up to appeal’” by...
straddler n.— «Alfred Lubrano’s “Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams” (John Wiley & Sons, 2003) examines the issues faced by those who carry their working-class upbringings into the middle class. Education brings these “Straddlers,” as he...
double-f school n.— «Schools in “certain” neighborhoods still have fewer advanced classes, more broken equipment, older facilities and less community involvement. They tend, in the parlance of modern education, to be Double-F schools, too.» —“We...
double-f school n. a school which has received two failing grades from state agencies in four years, permitting its students a choice of attending other, better schools. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
double-f school n.— «There are six D schools in Escambia County, and there is one “double F” school—Carver/Century K-8 School.» —“Schools expect FCAT report card today” by Jenny LaCoste Pensacola News Journal (Florida) June 18, 2003. (source:...
double-f school n.— «The Smart School in Lauderhill, flagged by school district officials Tuesday as a possible “double-F” school, has struggled since it opened in 1999 as Broward’s first charter middle school.» —“Smart School in Lauderhill hoping...