Sentences with phrase «most traditional cities»

Until recently, Guadalajara was considered one of Mexico's most traditional cities with large industries focused on textile, artisan and craft production, perhaps best known for its ceramic fabricators and studios.

Smart still runs a staggered tyre setup to mitigate its short wheelbase and rear - engined layout - the front tyres are 185 - section to the rears» 205 — but there's more front grip than in the old model and indeed more than most traditional city cars.

Not exact matches

Unlike more traditional cities, downtown is most often not the most central location.

Pay - per - use services such as car - sharing and ride - hailing are starting to challenge traditional car ownership in some in some of China's most congested cities, such as Beijing and Shanghai, while global automakers are starting to bill themselves as «mobility» companies that do more than just build and sell vehicles.

Unfortunately, due to the rise of the more evangelical - style, «southern U.S.» baptist imports, along with other varieties of Baptist churches that are very much untraditional, the traditional Baptist style appears to be dying away and only a few traditional churches remain, most of which probably existing in metropolitan cities.

The formal characteristics of traditional towns and urban neighborhoods are easily learned by attending carefully to the most beloved cities and neighborhoods in the world.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

«One of our main roles at Integrity Music is to make the music we represent easily accessible to all, and having HMVs partnership along with traditional Christian bookstores will ensure that our music is available within the high street in most towns and cities throughout the UK.»

According to Mintel, two thirds of consumers rank authentic, traditional flavors as the most important factor when choosing ethnic foods.5 From a culinary perspective, authentic regional Mexican cuisines — from Mexico City street vendors to moles of the Oaxaca region — are major influences in recipe and formulation development.

New York City will soon change the way mentally ill inmates are disciplined after breaking rules while in jail, creating alternatives to the more traditional approach of solitary confinement used for most inmates.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

«We need to make sure that our transportation system works for everyone, including the city's traditional yellow cabs, for - hire drivers, and most importantly the riding public,» he added.

The racial divide in Albany is no less than in most other traditional cities, yet there is a tolerance planted here, perhaps from the diversity associated with Dutch settlement in the 1600s.

For this reason, most cities stick with traditional sources of freshwater, such as underground aquifers, rivers, lakes, and runoff from snowpack.

While they still depend on the forest for traditional hunting and gathering, most Amerindians, as American indigenous people are called, grow crops (like bananas, manioc, and rice), use western goods (like metal pots, pans, and utensils), and make regular trips to towns and cities to bring foods and wares to market.

Skip the museums: While there is an abundance of history to explore in the city, the most unique experiences can be found by opting out of traditional museums and getting your hands a little dirty, literally!

Location is never a obstacle of the traditional dating because most of the time, you can explore with your date at a party, social events and other activities for the city.

(This is not surprising given the highly segregated state of the traditional public school sector in most US cities.)

The research team used data from more than 1,300 8th graders attending 32 public schools in Boston, including traditional public schools, exam schools that admit only the city's most academically talented students, and oversubscribed charter schools.

Third, and most interesting, there is diversity in the suppliers of K — 12 public education: the Orleans Parish School board oversees a number of traditional public schools and charters; the state board of education authorizes several charters; and the Recovery School District (an entity created before Katrina to assume control of failing city schools) manages both charters and traditional public schools.

But a decade ago several trends in American education, and in the Catholic Church, made a Catholic - operated public school seem increasingly possible: 1) the traditional, parish - based Catholic school system, especially in the inner cities, was crumbling; 2) equally troubled urban public - school systems were failing to educate most of their students; and 3) a burgeoning charter school movement, born in the early 1990s, was beginning to turn heads among educators in both the private and public sectors.

«Time and time again,» de Blasio claimed, «we've seen a tale of two cities, with resources lavished on [Moskowitz's] Success Academy while traditional public schools in the same building lacked the most basic necessities.»

Reducing or eliminating funding for these programs would also be especially harmful to charter management organizations that recruit heavily from the AmeriCorps alumni network, including KIPP, Success Academy Charter Schools, and Green Dot Public Schools, all of which have formed official «career partnerships» with City Year, or Uncommon Schools, which advertises on the AmeriCorps alumni career site.34 Likewise, public charter schools and traditional districts looking to fill hard - to - staff schools and subject areas also rely on AmeriCorps - funded teacher residencies and teaching fellowships and would likely be in trouble if these programs disappeared.35 For example, Achievement First, a network of public charter schools, has described Teach For America as «its most effective recruiting source,» hiring both AmeriCorps members and alumni from the program.36

Thanks to the unwillingness of most suburban district leaders to embrace the underlying tenets of the No Child Left Behind Act — and their efforts to perpetuate the myth that traditional districts in the «burbs are doing just fine — they have ignored the innovations (including in the area of revamping teacher compensation) embraced by more reform - minded districts in big cities.

TEAM Englewood Community Academy is a traditional Chicago Public School that accepts students from across the city of Chicago with most students coming from the immediate neighborhood.

It's a cruel thing to do to children, not to mention the moms and dads who see charters as escapes from the traditional public schools that are failing most of the city's other schoolchildren.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

The editors» word choice is a bit hyperbolic — after all, most of the city's 1.2 million students attend traditional public schools and always will — but the 10 % benchmark highlights parents» sense of urgency about equitable educational opportunities.

Especially for the AFT, the ruling makes it even harder for the union, which works in the big cities that are the most - fervent hotbeds for revamping traditional teacher compensation and implementing other reforms), to keep the grand bargain it has long struck with Baby Boomers and other teachers to keep their profession the most - comfortable (as well as best - paid) in the public sector.

While DeVos» group, the Great Lakes Education Project, supported most of the changes, it pushed back hard against a proposed Detroit commission focused on improving both charters and traditional schools, contending it would be beholden to the city's mayor and school - district officials.

An alumna of New York City's Stuyvesant High (NYC's most prestigious public magnet school) and John Hopkins, where she earned a Ph.D. in American history, Moskowitz has long argued — often with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the UFT — that NYC's traditional school system fails poor children.

Brooklyn New School, founded by parents and teachers in 1987 as a progressive alternative to traditional education, has become one of the most sought - after schools in the city.

The city's traditional public schools and most charter schools participate in the lottery.

For most of the past three decades, districts such as Carmel - Clay, Hamilton Southeastern, and Westfield - Washington have only had to provide teaching and curricula to the children of executives and middle managers of such Fortune 500 outfits such as drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co., and healthcare giant WellPoint, who fled from the Circle City for traditional district schools perceived to be better than the failure mills of woeful Indianapolis Public Schools and even the relative mediocrity of its 10 sister districts.

Most of the state's charters serve minority student who live in cities where the traditional public schools struggle.

The fate of neighborhood schools in big - city school districts is perhaps the most sensitive education topic out there, given their historic role in disadvantaged communities, their struggle to educate children to high academic levels, and the process of gentrification and the disruption of the traditional education system via charter schools.

Every spring, the City of Charleston and Daniel Island serves as a backdrop to one of the most traditional events in women's professional tennis.

Across the globe, scientists and civilians alike are noticing rapidly rising sea levels, and higher and higher tides pushing more water directly into the places we live, from our most vibrant, historic cities to our last remaining traditional coastal villages.

«One of the most popular crime series worldwide... Leon's vivid evocation of the city of Venice is, of course, part of the appeal... While the Brunetti books, with their abundance of local color and gastronomic treats, appeal to the fans of the traditional mystery, Leon has something darker and deeper in mind.»

Hence, most city operated shelters and traditional killing «humane» societies become overcrowded shelters, full of sick un-adoptable animals that end of being killed.

Located in the traditional neighborhood of San Blas, just 1 block from the square, has a beautiful colonial backyard with a spectacular view of the city of Cusco from most rooms.

Its incredible location, in one of the most traditional areas of the city, the judería mayor (Jewish quarter), and the proximity to the major sights, such as the home of El Greco and the Cathedral, make of it a good option to start discovering Castilla La Mancha, a region full of culture and tradition.

One of the top Marrakech historical sites is the Koutoubia Mosque — possibly the most famous Marrakech landmark, this traditional, Almohad style mosque can be seen from right across the city, and visitors can explore it from all angles.

The city offers a blend of old architecture and new cuisine, of traditional crafts and avant - garde art that is likely to appeal to even the most exigent traveller.

The last time I was in Buenos Aires, I embraced the «old» Argentine ways (tango, traditional maté, horseback riding) and did not see how this city, just like most cities, is evolving.

San Francisco Plaza Hotel is a first class hotel is located in the historic center of the city of Cusco the ancient capital of the Inca empire, three blocks from the Plaza de Armas, Cuzco's central plaza, where they are located the cathedral and most important museums.Located one block from the charming Plaza San Pedro, where the traditional San Pedro Mercado designed by Eiffel, the Church of San Pedro and the train station to Machu Picchu.

Located in the heart of India's bustling capital city, The Oberoi, New Delhi is a harmonious blend of traditional and contemporary sophistication, catering to the needs and tastes of the most discerning travellers.

Kyoto, home to some of Japan's most well - preserved traditional architecture, Chiang Mai, Thailand, best known for its walled Old City, and Siem Reap, Cambodia, the jumping - off point for Angkor Wat, all made repeat appearances.

This allows you to walk to the main tourist attractions, the beach and the most popular places to go out and explore the city, from traditional tapas bars to the most festive nightlife.

With Scotland's most famous castle dominating the city skyline, there is plenty to see and do with the perfect balance between all things traditional and contemporary.