fall behind in school

He had fallen behind in school and was hanging out with a tough crowd of boys.

He became a frequent truant who fell behind in school.

Falling behind in school and losing touch with friends only adds to the trauma.

He had fallen behind in school, then been expelled.

The article focused on how boys were falling behind in school and what educational institutions were doing to address the issue.

There, Bonneville fell behind in school, but took to music in a big way after a friend showed him how to play guitar.

Recently she has been worried that Cameron will fall behind in school because of his learning disabilities and possible attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

As residents rising in the information economy moved onto the block, child after child left or fell behind in school.

Moving around, you end up being awkward, falling behind in school, wishing you'd just get old enough to get the hell out."

He faced a number of hardships, including partial deafness and a speech impediment, which caused him to fall behind in school.

A couple of years ago, for example, when her family moved back to Pueblo after a time elsewhere, her son Blake, 12, fell behind in school.

Because of time demands, Mr. Melo said, he slept too little and fell behind in school.

The Focus Foundation helps pinpoint specific reasons for why children might be falling behind in school, causing behavioral problems or showing developmental delays.

Like many parents, she fears that if her son's vision falters, he might have trouble reading or seeing the blackboard and might fall behind in school.

As a child, Julian Bashir fell behind in school, and was evaluated as having learning difficulties.

There will be tutoring for teenagers who have fallen behind in school, and for retirees, there will be reading groups and museum trips.

Though she started falling behind in school, on the street Ariel quickly graduated to being the girlfriend of the young man who would be her partner in car theft.

To the Editor: David Brooks ("The Gender Gap at School," column, June 11) addresses important issues about why boys are falling behind in schools.

Though she had fallen behind in school and had to repeat the seventh grade, she eventually made it up by skipping the latter half of the eighth grade.

A child may fall behind in school, have difficulties that interfere with friendships, and have conflicts with parents, says the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

"Tunnel vision" diagnosis of children's problems (for example, a parent may think their child is either lazy or has learning disabilities after he falls behind in school despite recent absence due to illness)

Even though the pledges may fall behind in school or lose friends outside of their fraternity, the fraternity convinces the pledge that after the hazing ceases; it will all be worth it.

Although she spent months in the hospital, Ms. DeLorenzo never fell behind in school and later attended New York University, where she is now a graduate student studying education theater.

Michael Gurian, co-founder, Gurian Institute; author, The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life.

It would be our twist on the classic father-son coming of age adventure, this one taking place a quarter of a century after I should have been doing too many drugs and falling behind in school to play the part correctly.