However, the city's student population — majority minority and mostly eligible for lunch subsidies — is typical of other urban centers where school reform is growing. (educationnext.org)
Unlike other urban centers settled into the cozy, ethnic neighborhoods of Little Italy, Little Russia, or Chinatown, Columbia Heights West is a city without internal borders. (gse.harvard.edu)
Chronic low performance at 51 schools in Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, and other urban centers now requires emergency action by state officials, including administrative restructuring at 26 schools. (wacharterschools.org)