Sentences with phrase «city gives the experiment»

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Dissatisfied with the results of most organizations helping the urban poor in the mid-1990s, Canada launched an experiment, an effort to reach all the kids in a 24 - block zone of New York City — he called it the Harlem Children's Zone — and give them education, social, and medical help starting at birth.

Warren recently attended the Atlantic Bakery Deli Expo in Atlantic City, N.J., and gave several bakeries sample bags of her flour to experiment with.

Recently, the New York City Department of Education (DOE) conducted a policy experiment to test whether merit pay given to all teachers at an effective school could increase student achievement.

The city also benefited from Mr. Klein's role as a national symbol of school reform, Ms. Tisch said, with private donors giving millions of dollars to help create new projects and experiments, like teacher performance bonuses and cash rewards for students who did well on exams.

While there are many other cities experimenting with e-bikes, these two give a good sense of that the key issues are.