Jack O'Connell
Jack O'Connell
English actor who played the film roles of Pukey Nicholls in This is England, Marky in Harry Brown and James Cook in the drama, Skins. He also appeared in This is England and Eden Lake.
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth1 August 1990
CityAlvaston, England
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It's much more important to me that our students have the skills necessary to not only survive but to thrive in this new global economy, and that's more important to me than simply having a piece of paper.
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I want to create a body of work that is entertaining and speaks to people for a long time. Longer than my life span.
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It's important to keep one core principle front and center: awarding a student a diploma without the skills and knowledge to back it up does the student a disservice.
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The fact that more than half of our students have not yet achieved proficiency on the state's content standards, and that a wide achievement gap continues, shows how much work still needs to be done,
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We accepted a higher proportion of English-learner students than any other state in the country, ... Our exclusion rate of English learners was 12%, while Texas' exclusion rate was 37.5% and New York's was 29%.
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To me, this is blatant class warfare. It's a blatant class attack, especially in light of the continuing tax cuts, and you are going to pay for the taxes by reducing health care for the poor and elderly.
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Our students can't afford to miss school. Our schools can't afford missing students. And our state can't afford to rest for one day until we close the gap in achievement that threatens the futures of many immigrant children.
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At a time when our nation should be investing in the future of our students as never before, this budget cuts education funding for the first time in a decade.
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Awarding a student a diploma without the necessary skills and knowledge does a great disservice to that student.
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It is clear that California must do more to improve student achievement. The scores released today are not surprising and are another indication of the challenges we face.
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I hope 100 percent of students on the diploma track pass.
I need to mature a bit - then I might have something to show for it.
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I like the ideology of there being no such thing as perfection. But I'm of the opinion that I have witnessed perfection at various times, especially in art.
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Certain jobs [films] are for the business really, because they get an audience, they get a global audience. Certain jobs are as an artist. If I can keep moving forward and strike some form of balance between them two, then I'm going to feel content.