Sentences with phrase «improving big city school»

In 2014, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said D.C. was «by every measure the fastest - improving big city school district in the nation.»

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The big questions in New York City are whether federal funds can improve schools when so many other attempts have fallen short and whether the «restarts» will even register in an environment of constant change.

Charter schools are growing in number, improving in quality, and beginning to pose genuine competition to public schools, especially within big cities.

Single - gender education has long been a pillar in the world of private schools, but in the past decade, several big - city school districts have opened all - boys schools designed to improve academic achievement and social - emotional skills for non-white students.

The city broke up big failing schools to improve academics, but at the small schools that replaced them, fielding a robust music program is a challenge.