Jonathan Kozol, a former public school teacher and prominent public school reform thinker has called vouchers the " single worst, most dangerous idea to have entered education discourse in my adult life.

For example, the ship Wilhelm Gustloff sank taking about 9, 400 people with her – the worst loss of life in a single sinking in maritime history.

* 1918 – World War I: Battle of Belleau Wood – The U. S. Marine Corps suffers its worst single day's casualties while attempting to recapture the wood at Chateau-Thierry.

It is the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000m peak.

For comparison, note that traditional first-past-the-post would elect Memphis, even though most citizens consider it the worst choice, because 42 % is larger than any other single city.

* On March 27, 1977, two Boeing 747s ( a KLM and a Pan Am ) collided on the runway in heavy fog at Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, killing 583 people, the worst single aviation accident on record.

A single-bit error in audio data stored directly as linear pulse code modulation ( such as on a CD-ROM ) causes, at worst, a single click.

* Extremal optimization ( EO ) Unlike GAs, which work with a population of candidate solutions, EO evolves a single solution and makes local modifications to the worst components.

Ryan's last start was his career worst ; he allowed a single, four walks, and a grand slam in the top of the first without recording an out.

Many Baltic Germans were on board the KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff when it was sunk by a Soviet submarine on January 30, 1945, in the worst loss of life from a single vessel in maritime history.

Unfortunately, everyone's stability was halted when bureaucratic social worker Simon P. Chillings ( guest star Timothy Stack ) showed up, found out about Henry's condition and ultimately deemed the worst: not only did he find Betty unsuitable to care for Punky in the meantime ( because she was a single woman with long working hours, already raising her granddaughter ), but he felt that Henry was unfit to be her legal guardian in the long term, due to his health, age, and uncertain financial future.

The attack was described by the BBC as " Northern Ireland's worst single terrorist atrocity " and by the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, as an " appalling act of savagery and evil ".

This final release had the worst showings of any Creedence album and single since 1968.

This remains to this day the worst single loss of life in a railway accident in Essex.

For example, in some cases it is important to know the worst case for the total time for the whole sequence of N queries, rather than for a single query.

By 1976 John “ Jay ” David ( ex Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show ) had replaced Franz on drums, and they issued a single “ Bar in my Car ”, on Buffalo Records, but the record company “ tanked as soon as the record came out .” Originally titled " I'm Gonna Put a Bar in the Back of My Car ( And Drive Myself to Drink )", the song appears on numerous internet lists of " worst country song titles " as being from their album Fear of Frying, but this is incorrect.

Not a ray of invention in a single form … Finally the statues all over are of the worst possible common stonemasons ’ yard species, and look pinned on for show.

In a single year, the Maroons went from having the worst record in franchise history to their best.

The record featured Dickinson's " Bring Your Daughter ... to the Slaughter ", originally composed for a film soundtrack, which despite receiving a Golden Raspberry Award for worst original song in 1989, became the band's first and only single to top the UK singles chart.

August 1985 remains the worst single month for commercial aviation fatalities in history.

The rainfall will be greater and the flooding will be worse than the worst storm expected in any single year.

All sixteen men died instantly in what remains the worst single disaster to occur on an 8000 m peak.

The marks go from 1 ( best ) to 5 ( worst ), and may include unofficial intermediary marks such as to assess a single project, test, etc.

Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok in Modern Principles: Economics state that some economists consider " Spock's Brain " to be the worst Star Trek episode, because no single brain could come close to running an economy.

* 1900 – Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.

It was the largest party in Dáil Éireann at every general election from the 1932 general election until the 2011 general election, when it suffered the worst defeat of a sitting government in the history of the Irish state, a loss described as " historic " in its proportions, where it saw its electoral support base diminished by 75 %, as a reaction to the intervention, and in the running of the Irish economy, of the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank in November 2010.

It is the worst rail disaster in Australian history based on loss of life.

167 oil workers are killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.

Minimax ( sometimes minmax ) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case ( maximum loss ) scenario.

But the Vikings were humiliated by the Giants 41 – 0, the worst playoff loss in franchise history.

In the end, Taft won by a comfortable electoral margin, giving Bryan his worst loss in three presidential campaigns.

The result, 73 – 0 in favor of the Bears, is still the worst one-sided loss in NFL history.

* April 25 – Dan-Air Flight 1008 crashes in Tenerife, killing all 146 occupants and marking the worst air disaster involving a British-registered aircraft in terms of loss of life.

Winterbottom presided over the 6-3 loss to Hungary in 1953, England's first home defeat to a team from mainland Europe, and also over the 7-1 defeat to the same opposition the following year: England's worst ever international result.

Despite running a vigorous campaign against the nation's business elite, Bryan suffered the worst loss in his three presidential campaigns, and Taft won by a comfortable margin.

The economic losses, in combination with injuries and loss of life, make this the worst urban firestorm in American history.

The Heat started poorly in the 2006, losing to the Bulls by 42 points ( 66 – 108 ), the worst home loss in team history and worst margin of defeat for a defending Champion on opening day in NBA history.

The ferry MV Bukoba sank in the lake on May 21, 1996 with a loss of between 800 and 1, 000 lives, making it one of Africa's worst maritime disasters.

in the season of 1925 – 26 but the club's worst loss was 10 goal to 1 down against Manchester City in 1930.

** Montevideo Maru, a Japanese ship sunk in World War II, resulting in the loss of large numbers of Austalian prisoners of war and civilians and Australia's worst maritime disaster

The worst loss was the Victorian stained glass on the Ceramics Staircase which was blown in when bombs fell nearby ; pock marks still visible on the façade of the museum were caused by shrapnel from the bombs.

Melbourne defeated Sydney by 73 points, thereby inflicting the worst loss Sydney has ever had, under premiership winning coach, Paul Roos.

However, in game five, Kramnik made what has been described as the worst blunder of his career ( a blunder that pales in comparison to his loss against Deep Fritz 10 in 2006 ), losing a knight in a position which was probably drawn.

The village gained national attention during the Vietnam War by having lost six of its 475 citizens to the war, the worst per-capita loss of life experienced by any place in the country.

During that three-day period, Tiffin sustained more than $ 1, 000, 000 in property loss, 46 houses and 2 factories swept away, 10 factories damaged, 69 places of business heavily damaged, 6 bridges within the corporate limits destroyed, and — worst of all — 19 lives lost.