Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go t

Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carers for siblings,or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them．Thousands more are not registered at any school at all,because of their families'unstable lives. Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths．First of all,the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves．Secondly,once children go to school,we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going. In Britain,the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade Schools to bring truants'and excluded children back into the classroom．It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children．Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school;if they do not meet the target,the grant is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign,too:the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school,and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets. Truant=a child who does not go to school when he or she should. The Ministry of Education will take away a school's grant if__.
A、they do not reach their objectives
B、they do not contact parents
C、children escape from school
D、they meet their targets
【正确答案】：A
【题目解析】：根据文中内容，可以了解到英国教育部为了鼓励学校将逃学和被排斥的学生带回课堂，实施了一项复杂的激励和惩罚措施。具体地说，文中提到：“Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is withdrawn.” 这句话明确表示，如果学校达到了带回一定数量学生的目标，就能获得补助金；如果未能达到目标，补助金将被收回。 因此，结合文章内容，当学校未能达到其设定的目标时，即他们未能带回足够数量的逃学或被排斥的学生时，教育部将收回他们的补助金。所以，答案是A：“they do not reach their objectives”（他们未能达到他们的目标）。