21.   Cleveland is not the only place that has experimented with tax-supported school choice programs for the poor or those in failing schools.

22.   Districts would be required to upgrade the failing schools within two years.

23.   Failing schools would initially receive additional federal aid.

24.   Failing schools are a threat to national prosperity.

25.   Failing schools would be offered more financial aid from the federal government initially, but could face additional sanctions if improvements are not made.

26.   Failing schools would face additional restrictions.

27.   Failing schools would face penalties, entering into corrective regimes and possibly being forced to close.

28.   --Expanding programs to provide children in failing schools with extra after-school help while their school is being turned around.

29.   Failing schools suffer from various maladies, but the two most common in New York City are weak principals and poor teachers.

30.   Friday, the chancellor said that the legislation now under consideration would have averted the dispute and freed him to fix failing schools.