He has also been a significant and controversial philanthropist, funding scientific research and failing schools.

他曾一度是位举足轻重又饱受争议的慈善家，成功建立科研机构但筹建学校却差强人意。

He described how he managed to turn Eastside High from a failing school into a success.

描写了他是如何将东区高中从失败转向成功。

Educators say that is so, so important, and it is a major problem at some failing schools.

教育专家表示这是非常重要的, 而在一些失败的学校这是一个主要问题。

Critics are concerned that without the government overseeing them, states may be less willing to fix failing schools.

批评人士则担心, 缺少了政府监督的各州可能不太愿意对表现较差的学校进行改革。

They also said the law permitted students to leave failing schools instead of finding ways to improve those schools.

他们还说，法律允许学生离开失败学校，而不是想方设法改善这些学校的教育质量。

They are mothers who are living in communities where the schools are failing, where there's a lack of investment.

她们是生活在学校失败的社区的母亲，那里缺乏投资。

Under the program, students from failing schools could use public money to pay for private schools.

根据该计划， 来自失败学校的学生可以使用公共资金支付私立学校的费用。

Let's see another example. They are mothers who are living in communities where the schools are  failing, where there's a lack of investment.

让我们看另一个例子。他们是生活在学校失败、缺乏投资的社区的母亲。

They are mothers who are living in  communities where the schools are failing, where there's a lack of investment. Let's look at another example.

她们是生活在学校失败、缺乏投资的社区的母亲。让我们看另一个例子。

So, why all the arguments about the approximately 14 million dollars for a federally funded program that lets 1,700 D.C. students attend private schools instead of failing public schools?

那么，为什么所有关于大约 1400 万美元用于让 1700 名 D.C. 学生进入私立学校而不是失败的公立学校的联邦资助项目的争论呢？