Sentences with phrase «other urban districts across the country»

Now we're on par with other urban districts across the country — in many cases, we are beginning to surpass those districts.

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Through those choices, we see a number of incredibly talented leaders from EP and other talent networks voting with their feet in deciding to join Kaya Henderson at DCPS or other strong leaders in reform - minded urban districts across the country.

In most states, there is a large and growing gap between the percentage of students of color1 and the percentage of teachers of color.2 Efforts to increase teacher diversity have led to marginal increases in the percentage of teachers of color — from 12 percent to 17 percent from 1987 through 2012 — but this positive statistic obscures other troubling facts, such as the decline in the percentage of African American teachers in many large urban districts and the lower retention rates for teachers of color across the country.3

Located in downtown San Antonio, the district faces challenges that many other urban districts face across the country.