Sentences with phrase «suburban counterparts»

The survey found that Toronto's urban detached bungalows and standard two - storey homes appreciated more than their suburban counterparts.

«Urban areas are even more pet friendly than many of their suburban counterparts, as many establishments offer dog friendly areas equipped with water bowls and shade.»

There are starker disparities in appreciation in in - demand urban areas and their suburban counterparts, including in Nashville, Tenn., and San Francisco, Calif..

According to Zillow, «homes in urban areas have been appreciating more quickly year - over-year than their suburban counterparts since March 2012.»

As might be expected, people living downtown were far more likely to take a bike to work than their suburban counterparts.

In more rural areas, where kids are unable to cover the same ground as their urban and suburban counterparts, homeowners might compensate with a few extra Wunderbars.

In 1998, the future AF founders started Amistad Academy, a public charter school in New Haven, CT with the goal of proving «that urban students can achieve at the same high levels as their affluent suburban counterparts» (Achievement First, 2017a).

MPS students receive thousands of dollars less in per pupil funding than their suburban counterparts, yet groups like MMAC, rather than help create jobs for a city rocked by unemployment and crippling poverty, can only offer up ideas that take away the voice and self - determination of the people of Milwaukee.

Educators in remote, rural schools often have limited access to the same professional development opportunities that their urban and suburban counterparts receive, and they consistently find themselves having to do more with less.

What they fail to mention is that Philadelphia's educators are paid far less than their suburban counterparts, and spend thousands of their own dollars for classroom supplies for their students.

«The density of poverty brings a host of issues that these school districts have to deal with that aren't necessarily shared by the suburban counterparts,» said Jeffrey Villar, the executive director of Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a nonprofit devoted to closing the achievement gap.

I would love to find a major city school district graduating more students than its suburban counterparts because of academic excellence.

On average, urban and rural school buildings were much older (76 percent and 75 percent, respectively, were more than 21 years old) than their suburban counterparts (59 percent were more than 21 years old).

Among the characteristics shared by urban schools include large class sizes, social and disciplinary problems, a large percentage of poor and minority children, and little involvement from parents compared to their suburban counterparts.

If these factors had no impact, our title one schools would look more like their well - to - do suburban counterparts!

And urban schools with high percentages of minorities badly lag their suburban counterparts.

And a few outlets found unusual angles, like MSN's story on the public's under - estimation of what teachers make (under a new contract, rookie Detroit teachers will make more than their suburban counterparts) and The 74's story on public confusion over what opting out means.

In fact, dollar for dollar, urban schools in Connecticut are funded at levels equal to or in some cases higher than their suburban counterparts.

Charters show that children — including poor and underfunded urban kids — can learn as well as their suburban counterparts.

The Shoemaker campus visited Tuesday has outperformed some of its more affluent suburban counterparts on state standardized tests.

Given that the one out of every eight white suburban fourth - graders not on free - or - reduced lunch are struggling with reading is equal to the levels in big - city districts — and the rate of black fourth - grade suburban counterparts who are functionally illiterate is only four percentage points lower than that of big - city peers — suburban districts are actually falling down on their jobs.

Annie understands that we must stand strong in support of public education, continue to push for a robust expansion of public Community Schools, and close the current per pupil funding disparities MPS students face compared to their suburban counterparts.

There is no better way to close the achievement gap between urban students and their suburban counterparts, provided the instruction is good and enrichment programs sound.

Along with their rural and suburban counterparts, these urban youth have the energy, imagination, and resilience to scout better ways forward.

But the challenge is steep: The typical rural district pays almost two - and - a-half times as much for bandwidth as its urban and suburban counterparts, according to a new analysis by the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway.

New York City's charter schools are making strides in closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged inner - city students and their better - off suburban counterparts, a new study concludes.

If the students continued to make such gains for each year they spent in charter schools (a big «if»), then the gap between the charter school students and their suburban counterparts would close entirely after about five years of school.

Rural Republican representatives broke from their suburban counterparts, who tended to support the bill.

Interurbans, and their suburban counterparts (the streetcar), were once common throughout the country.

A new report shows that city dwellers are happier than their suburban counterparts.

They also did not consider the health benefits associated with urban residents who use transit and walk more, and therefore may get more exercise than their suburban counterparts.

«Crime in the streets» was Nixonian code for keeping white people safe from poor minorities, just as «crack babies» justified draconian prison sentences for inner - city cocaine users 20 years later (their white suburban counterparts went to rehab).

A better educated black applicant would pass the exam as the same rate as his white, suburban counterpart.

RealPage lease - transaction records show the average rent roll premium for an urban apartment property compared to a top - end suburban counterpart has eroded by 9 percentage points on a same - store basis over the last five years.

The national average price of a bungalow in urban Canada appreciated by 122.3 per cent to $ 371,059, while its suburban counterpart rose by 115.2 per cent to $ 318,346 during the past 10 years.

Not exact matches

The City Council had already passed a bill consistent with what the mayor wanted, but gave some city workers benefits that were less than their counterparts in neighboring suburban departments.

Most retired employees of the Buffalo school district enjoy a benefit not enjoyed by their counterparts in suburban school districts: lifetime health insurance.

Single women who live in large cities are much less romantic than their rural and suburban female counterparts.

Living below the poverty line, Brittany is six times more likely to drop out of high school than her counterparts in suburban and wealthy districts.

Finally, it may be that pay gaps between urban and suburban teachers in part reflect an hours gap, with suburban (and rural) teachers putting in longer workdays than their urban counterparts.

Due in large part to an «enormous» concentration of special - needs pupils, students in District of Columbia public schools are receiving an education far inferior to that of their counterparts in two neighboring suburban districts, according to a recent report by a coalition of parents and business leaders.

In general, charter schools that serve low - income and minority students in urban areas are doing a better job than their traditional public - school counterparts in raising student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter schools in suburban areas.

Representatives from suburban school districts met with their city counterparts today to learn more about a new partnership that allows suburban students to attend work - based education programs at Edison Tech and East High this fall.

Most retired employees of the Buffalo school district receive a benefit not enjoyed by their counterparts in suburban school districts — lifetime health insurance.

The second school, North Star Academy, had more respectable results — well above the district average — but it was still behind its suburban New Jersey counterparts.

Conversely, poor salary was the leading factor for dissatisfaction in low - poverty suburban schools (61.1 percent) with administrative support (30.1) and faculty influence (14.3) proving less significant for suburban teachers than their urban counterparts.

The suburban district also trails its big city counterpart in placing vocational school grads into jobs, with only 35 percent of Ferguson - Florissant vocational ed kids getting jobs versus 59 percent for St. Louis.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

With high test scores and graduation rates to flash around, suburban school officials have had an easier time than their urban counterparts arguing that charters are an unnecessary drain on their budgets.

The 2015 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban and the GMC Yukon and GMC Yukon XL (plus their highend Denali counterparts) have a butter - smooth on - road ride and are whisper quiet even at highway speeds, thanks to a lot of attention paid to suspension tuning, body structure, and interior materials.