Sentences with phrase «other urban centers»

However, the city's student population — majority minority and mostly eligible for lunch subsidies — is typical of other urban centers where school reform is growing.

Unlike other urban centers settled into the cozy, ethnic neighborhoods of Little Italy, Little Russia, or Chinatown, Columbia Heights West is a city without internal borders.

Chronic low performance at 51 schools in Boston, Springfield, Lawrence, and other urban centers now requires emergency action by state officials, including administrative restructuring at 26 schools.

SMU's Meadows School of the Arts has appointed Clyde Valentín to develop and lead new programs that will integrate artistic practices with community engagement in Dallas and other urban centers across the country.

Across a range of Jaar's neon text - based works, the centerpiece is JOHANNESBURG 2026 (2016)-- an expansive, 27 - foot - long installation positing Johannesburg as a mighty port city of the future, with greatness to rival that of Carthage, Axum, and other urban centers from antiquity.

This is partly why policymakers in New Orleans and a number of other urban centers have instituted a «portfolio» of publicly - supported education options that includes traditional district - run public schools, public charter schools, and voucher - supported private schools.

From a small trading post in the 15th century to a metropolitan area with a population of over 14 million, this massive city dwarfs Thailand's other urban centers.

As big - box malls decline, business seems to be returning to the small shops in Kingston and other urban centers, with buildings being sold at prices no one could have imagined even five years ago.

«So those schools like the City of Rochester and other urban centers that have high needs will get a larger share will get a larger share because they already getting a larger share of the economic resources that go to schools in this state,» said Assemblyman Joe Morelle.

Instead, he wants Syracuse and other urban centers to come up with their own plans to fix themselves.

In Boston and the state's other urban centers, each year of attendance at an oversubscribed charter middle school increases students» achievement by roughly 15 percent of a standard deviation in reading and 32 percent of a standard deviation in math.

«It's become a park that other urban centers are studying because it's brought new life, a new vitality into the area below it.»

Despite being a mass tourism destination, it stills keeps more typical features of the Algarve than any other urban center of the region.

Also note that the metropolitan area of the District of Columbia is a little different than some other urban centers.

Compared to some other urban centers in the country, San Francisco offers a more relaxed work experience, with many workers ditching the suit - and - tie look for more casual outfits.