• Although a decentralized system of small, fiscally independent districts competing for residents once fostered investments in education, this system is now seen as producing serious funding inequities. (educationnext.org)
This is not to mention the additional independent district, Brcko. (blog.politics.ox.ac.uk)
«It's a very moderate, independent district where a lot of families in Queens have been hurt by the president's failed policies; four dollar gas and the lack of job creation,» Mr. Stites said. (observer.com)