Children attending public schools in Detroit and Miami - Dade County are eating school lunches that are much healthier than those offered in other large urban districts, according to the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. (edweek.org)
We've also helped several other large urban districts, including Orange County, start programs similar to EMERGE. (educationnext.org)
In choosing New York for the $ 500,000 prize, the panel noted that the city outperformed other large urban districts in the state on math and reading tests and showed greater improvement at all grade levels. (nytimes.com)