Sentences with phrase «replacing failing city schools»

In the article, which was based on the text of a speech the Mayor delivered in November 1990, Mr. Norquist advocates replacing failing city schools...

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The one policy that has arguably done more to improve education outcomes for kids in New York City over the past decade has been the systematic effort to close the City's giant failing high schools (i.e. drop out factories) and replace them with new, smaller high schools.

In 1997, Richard opened the first Urban Assembly high school, and when the Bloomberg administration was looking for organizations with capacity to create small schools to replace the city's failing big high schools, Richard and the UA stepped forward.

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.

In some cities, authorizers and charter supporters have begun building the systems needed to replace failing schools and replicate great ones.