Sentences with phrase «urban systems like»

Urban systems like Velib in Paris or Bixi in Montreal are expensive to set up

Not exact matches

Still, ideologies like these are having their effect on many schools in urban systems now.

The sun's birth environment couldn't have been too crowded, the logic went, because planetary systems, like ours, could never survive the gravitational jostling of neighboring stars in urban clusters.

The report also recommends tax incentives to encourage more residents to purchase cleaner vehicles and possibly even implementing a Stockholm - like congestion pricing system for the city's urban core.

Gary Cohen, president and founder of the Massachusetts - based nonprofit Health Care Without Harm, said in a telephone interview that the risks of climate change to both the health of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate matter.

Water systems in Phoenix, Missouri, and Houston, had the highest levels, with major urban centers like LA and Philadelphia not far behind.

This easy system has quickly caught on, with over 20,000 members living in urban places like New York and Portland.

Baker's combination of acute emotional intelligence and raucous, often bawdy humor sometimes brings to mind Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish descent who also likes to set his films (Head - On, The Edge of Heaven, Soul Kitchen) in tough urban areas where conflicting cultural value systems meet and clash.

Ironically, this misguided and shortsighted opposition has ensured that the fight for the future of quality educational access (and the production of future black leaders like Obama) will be between African Americans of one generation who found prosperity working in public education and who possess the lion's share of the political power, and the minority students whose futures are sacrificed on the altar of the nation's ossified urban education systems.

3) Superintendents like Paul Vallas, Joel Klein, and Tom Boasberg and a fast - growing number of urban districts understand that the traditional district system is broken, have closed ineffective schools and opened effective ones, and have committed to legal autonomy at the school level and a bare - bones central office.

Using a 1995 survey of 4,700 adults (with an over-sample of urban adults), Moe finds that Americans like the public school system but think that private schools are better.

Even those who don't like my left - right combination — bring it to an end and replace it with a true system of schools — never counterpunch with, «The urban district is doing great!»

First, a centralized and muscular system of quality control, like PM, that is only established in urban districts clearly communicates to minority communities a lack of trust in their ability to judge quality as parents or even to judge it as decentralized charter authorizers.

Even if 1 in every 10 of these graduates entered teaching for two years (average tenure at KIPP - like No Excuses charter schools) before moving onto other careers, they would provide only 6 percent of the some 450,000 teachers currently working in the member districts of the Council of Great City Schools (the nations 66 largest urban public - school systems).

Like many who grow up in urban centers, navigating the educational system can be a significant challenge.

«It is absurd that Connecticut's current funding system severely underfunds urban schools and keeps high performing schools of choice, like the one my children attend, in a separate and unequal system,» she said.

While I see glimmers of hope in persistently underperforming cities like Detroit and Cleveland, I don't see the same for Philadelphia, which may now, sadly, have the most distressing American urban system of schools.

Public charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems and been glorified recently in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard schools.

Public charter schools, funded with public dollars and tuition - free, are off - shoots of traditional public school systems recently glorified in critically - acclaimed documentaries like «The Lottery» and «Waiting for Superman,» which portray the schools as last hopes for parents raising children in urban areas with sub-standard schools.

There are also urban districts that have not done that: that have, like San Francisco, put more money into the schools serving high - need kids with a weighted student formula; that have really worked to have a better, stronger hiring process; that have put in place induction [mentoring], and stronger feedback, and teacher evaluation systems.

While small, the sample included the large urban district of Elizabeth, suburban systems like Piscataway and Rockaway Township, and small districts like Alexandria Township.

Instead of the bravado and political pandering aimed at trashing teachers and blaming them for our inability to overcome the incredible challenges facing our education system, especially those in our state's urban school systems, the Governor could have and should have said something like the following;

Like many urban districts, the Indianapolis school system has daunting challenges: It's been losing enrollment for decades, leaving a concentrated population of low - income minority students within its borders, while passing rates on state assessments for the 2014 - 15 school year were not quite at 30 percent.

Their Learning Carousel provides a wealth of resources through collaboration with like - minded organizations including the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), the National Center for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI), and NIUSI - LeadScape.

Fewer than half of American schoolchildren are white, and the number is much lower in urban school systems like Philadelphia.

It is a smart and rewarding choice for those seeking an appealing design, an efficient and dynamic ride including the all - new 1.4 T - GDI (Fuel consumption combined: 5.5 - 4.8 l / 100 km; urban: 6.6 - 5.9 l / 100 km; extra-urban: 5.0 - 4.1 l / 100 km; CO2 emissions combined: 125 - 109 g / km) petrol engine and a 10 % more direct steering and a comprehensive safety package with features like Autonomous Emergency Braking and the new driver attention alert system.

Mercedes» interface for this system isn't as intuitive as I'd like, but it's a worthy addition for nervous parkers and urban dwellers who want to avoid curb - rashing those $ 1,250 19 - inch AMG forged wheels.

The Ducati SuperSport benefits from features like 3 riding modes (Sports, Touring and Urban), 8 - level traction control system and ABS.

If you're looking for fancy urban SUVs, be advised: the Land Cruiser is not one of those models, as it can still face rough off - road courses without even blinking, thanks to its four - wheel drive system and features like hill start and hill descend control.

Potential for medical problems if the dog is always stressed living in urban environments, such as a depressed immune system resulting in allergy like symptoms or skin infections.

All students have the opportunity to complement their studies with courses by leading academic experts in related fields of study throughout the CUNY system, like urban studies, sociology, history, philosophy, education, economics, law, urban planning, and environmental studies.

After reading and talking about the truly impressive, activist work of people like Will Allen of Growing Power, urban farmer and educator in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and other inspiring changemakers, we were asked to think about what we could do in support of a healthier food system.

TMBER is the world's first bio brand building system utilizing CLT that produces healthy, quick - to - markets smart - panels and modular units used as solid wood construction structures for a wide variety of purposes like individual homes, affordable housing, student residences, mid and high rise urban developments and everything in between and beyond.

Like other urban farming initiatives, rooftop farms promote sustainable living by contributing to the local food production system and to recycling urban organic waste.

It means creating a community of integrated buildings and systems that perform like natural nutrient cycles, an organism or metabolism of viable size and density to serve as urban - scale infrastructure.

Besides the usual pictures, maps and details about alternative energy technologies for each site, the guide will list eco-friendly features such as urban chickens, electric cars, rainwater storage systems and the like.

Combine a system like this with aerodynamic, fuel efficient hybrid autonomous trucks that can travel in caravan — as well as a last mile hub system for zero emission urban deliveries (including by bike!)

What does it take to design an urban bike sharing system for a city like Copenhagen, where the bikes outnumber the inner - city residents?