Sentences with phrase «major urban systems»

These costs would be affordable but not insignificant, ranging from $ 250 annually for the smallest public libraries, up to $ 40,000 for major urban systems, according to a funding model proposed after the pilot evaluation.

These schools — among the district's most challenging — have kept pace with a district achieving the highest gains among America's major urban systems.

Not exact matches

FRANKFURT, Feb 5 - Berlin - based urban farming start - up Infarm has raised $ 25 million to expand its indoor growing system - a soil-less technology better known for furtively growing marijuana - into major supermarket chains and restaurants across Europe.

In addition to the Metro rail system, he said, Prince George's is sandwiched between major airports in Baltimore and D.C., features an urban area with ample space to build, and is surrounded by several universities, particularly Maryland's flagship school.

Four urban sections of the San Andreas Fault system in Northern California have stored enough energy to produce major earthquakes, according to a new study that measures fault creep.

«Forty - two per cent of America's major urban highways are congested, and three - quarters of waste - water systems need pipe repair.

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

This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on education.

In a total of 156 issues over the years, the «Oakes Newsletter» — researched, written, edited, and published by Ms. Oakes — earned a solid reputation as a source of information and insight into the workings of a major urban school system.

In fact, only nine of the superintendents in the nation's largest urban school systems have ever been superintendents in another major city (which is less than the number of nontraditional superintendents now running major school systems, of which there are 11).

Ms. House, the 1999 National Superintendent of the Year and one of the few women to lead a major urban school system, will leave the 112,000 - student district April 3.

Beating the Odds found that between 1999 and 2003 the share of all elementary and secondary school spending that states devoted to the nation's major city school systems decreased, although the demands and mandates placed on urban schools have increased.

A small number of progressive leaders of major urban school systems are using school closure and replacement to transform their long - broken districts: Under Chancellor Joel Klein, New York City has closed nearly 100 traditional public schools and opened more than 300 new schools.

While most of Chicago's high school seniors hope to attend college, the school system has a long way to go to make that vision a reality, according to a new report that is among the first to track the post-high-school experiences of graduates from a major urban district on a broad scale.

As you know, a few years ago Memphis City Schools underwent major surgery as several suburban districts seceded from the large urban district to establish their own school systems.

Specifically, I draw on longitudinal data from both administrative records and a yearlong interview study of the largest, urban, public university system in the US to make three major contributions.

The Department oversees the safe operation of the United States transportation system including more than 3.9 million miles of public roads, 120,000 miles of major railroads, 25,000 miles of commercially navigable waterways, 5,000 public - use airports, 500 major urban public transit operators and more than 300 coastal, Great Lakes, and inland waterways ports.

Urban Rail — Comprehensive international resource site with Metro maps for major city's subway systems.

One of the major benefits of the proposed system is that it won't let UHE spread its influence beyond the urban areas once the model «gets» UHE.

From Seed to Table (FStT) is a major 3 - year programme aimed to encourage urban farmer groups to innovate their local production systems, to engage in value - adding activities and establish innovative short marketing channels in 18 major cities, and to enhance the capacities of NGOs to support them effectively in such activities.

Thanks to this smart and sophisticated system, Singapore is one of the least congested major cities in the world, despite a growing urban population and limited physical space.

There is also ample scope for reforming tax systems to deal much more effectively with broader environmental and related problems that can be a significant drag on economic growth, such as the health and productivity impacts of poor air quality, and severe congestion of major urban centers.

About Motivate Motivate is the largest operator of bike share systems in North America — operating in eight cities including several major urban centers.

We interviewed Andy Kunz almost a year ago about his plan for a nationwide, three - tiered train system to link up the nation's major urban centers.

CCTV camera systems are becoming commonplace within all major urban areas, these are not restricted to local authority monitoring systems for disorders in the street.

Public defender programs are widely considered the most cost - effective way to deliver quality indigent defense services, which is why the federal government and every major urban area in the country â $» except Harris County â $» uses a public defender system.

I am personally encouraged to see Law Day events in communities outside of major provincial urban centres as engagement with the public in these communities is integral to ensuring that all citizens of Canada are educated about the justice system and that access to justice is equal for all people, no matter where they choose to reside.

In BC, many homes outside major urban areas don't have access to a public sewer system.