51.   Poor students in failing schools would still have the option to transfer, though only to other public or charter schools.

52.   Reforms favored by most respondents included higher spending, particularly to raise teacher pay or to inject extra funds in failing schools.

53.   Regarding vouchers, Lieberman said, as he has repeatedly in the last week, that he supported pilot programs aimed at providing alternatives for children in failing schools.

54.   Silber, though, said it would force specific communities and schools to take notice of their failing schools.

55.   State takeovers of failing schools are rare.

56.   Students at failing schools also would be given a choice to attend tutoring programs paid for by both the district and the state.

57.   Students at failing schools are eligible for tax-subsidized vouchers that can be used for private school tuition.

58.   Supporters say it gives parents with children in failing schools a way out, while critics say it drains money and good students from those schools.

59.   That means rigorous peer review of current teachers ... It means closing down failing schools.

60.   The ambitions of some Americans are limited by failing schools, and hidden prejudice and the circumstances of their birth.