Sentences with phrase «than their city counterparts»

Economically disadvantaged rural and small - town children do a lot better than their city counterparts in learning what they are taught in school, but schooling is not enough.

New research shows disadvantaged children living in rural areas do worse at school than their city counterparts.

I suspect that small - town attorneys are more visible and available than their city counterparts.

Not exact matches

With access to growing markets, a skilled talent pool and comparatively lower living costs than the Valley and its other Western counterparts, East Asian cities are stepping up to win over entrepreneurs.

Lighthizer and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts stayed away from the talks in Mexico City, where the mood was calmer than in the previous round last month in Washington.

Cycling races require sometimes 200 - plus kilometers of road closures for racing, and cities and states in the U.S. are much less likely to acquiesce those requests than European counterparts.

Her Democratic counterpart in the city of Rochester, Mayor Lovely Warren, did, however, and she said even if Dinolofo's IDA effort turns out to be nothing more than a rebranding, it's still a good step.

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 departmeCity 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 departmecity workers benefits that were less than their counterparts in neighboring suburban departments.

Unlike the state's Common Retirement Fund, which represents state workers other than teachers, however, the state Teachers Retirement System and its New York City counterpart held back the names.

Teachers and directors at pre-K centers in community - based organizations (CBOs)-- which make up about half of all the city's pre-K offerings — make significantly less and have fewer benefits than their counterparts at Department of Education pre-K centers.

City charter schools in public school buildings are far more overcrowded than their district - run counterparts, a new analysis of NYC Education Department data shows.

Most Big Apple residents will see a far less bountiful windfall from the tax overhaul than their counterparts in Florida, according to an analysis by the Partnership for New York City.

Advocates say failing bus service is not just an issue of commuting, but also of equity — bus riders earn about 30 percent less than their subway counterparts, according to the city comptroller's office, and tend to be primarily immigrants and minorities.

Harriet Harman, the minister for Women, has renewed her attack on the financial industry, describing it as a «breeding ground for discrimination», after it emerged that women working in the City were being paid as much as 60 per cent less than their male counterparts.

New York City students did better on the tests than their upstate counterparts in large urban districts.

But the biggest finding was that those who lived closer to the city center or the main highway had better access to water deliveries than those in more remote areas — because of distance and transportation issues — but still less than their urban counterparts.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / guter City dwellers are thought to be, on average, healthier than their rural counterparts.

Coyotes in urban settings have a far greater rate of survival than their rural counterparts: Between 60 and 70 percent of adults and pups survive each year in the city, whereas in the country — in the face of rampant hunting and trapping — they may have only a 15 to 30 percent chance of survival.

Animals that live in the city are usually less wary of humans than their rural counterparts.

One mitigating factor for some coastal nations that are still developing, such as Belize and Indonesia, is that they generally have committed fewer resources to the coastline than their developed counterparts — Australia, for example, or the United States, with such vulnerable cities as Galveston and Miami.

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

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

Is online dating easier for single female expats in mexico city than for their male counterparts?

New Studies Focus on Latino Education, Language, Health, and Politics Mexican - American women in New York City fare better in school than their male counterparts, according to a new study presented at a national conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on May 2, 2002.

Indeed, the city's fiscal disadvantage in 1993 was clear to everyone: its schoolchildren received some 12 percent fewer dollars than their counterparts elsewhere in the state; 11.8 percent of the city's teachers were uncertified, compared with 7.3 percent statewide; the city's students had 1 computer for every 19 students, compared with 1 for every 13 students statewide; there was 1 guidance counselor for every 700 city students, compared with 1 per 350 students in the rest of the state; there were 16.5 library books per pupil in the state, but only 10.4 in the city.

Overall, Leading Educators reports, students taught by teams led by Leading Educators fellows achieved five times more improvement on state standardized tests than their district counterparts in Kansas City in 2011 — 12, and 12 times more than their counterparts across the districts they serve in New Orleans.

In 2014, New York City's budget office released a report making the claim that attrition among charter schools of special education students was higher than their district public school counterparts.

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.

Yet despite years of reform and rhetoric, poor children in big cities still go to worse schools than their richer counterparts in suburbs or at private schools.

«Several high - quality charter schools across the country are making an amazing difference in our children's lives, especially when charters in inner - city communities are performing as well, if not better, than their counterparts in much wealthier suburbs,» Duncan said.

At the same time, parents in those same cities often hear claims by many charter schools that their students score two or three times higher than their district school counterparts.

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

In a report on school safety released last October, Eden reached the conclusion that New York City's charter schools were «safer» than traditional district counterparts not by comparing raw data from the Big Apple's school climate survey or even using more - objective data such as incident reports over a period of several years.

In fact, in Milwaukee, students receiving vouchers performed worse than their counterparts in the city's public schools.

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.

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.

In Oklahoma, the battle to pass the state's first parent - trigger law is less about party lines and more about geography — urban Republicans and Democrats are more likely to support a parent - trigger bill than their rural counterparts, said State Sen. David Holt, R - Oklahoma City.

Meanwhile, the four - door Wrangler Unlimited with the four - cylinder is rated 22/24/22 mpg, which is 4 mpg better in the city and 1 mpg better on the highway than its V - 6 counterpart.

As a small van it is a logical choice compared to full - size cargo vans since it delivers a comparatively small footprint with 30 % better fuel economy than its more conventional counterparts such as the Chevrolet Express Cargo Van (MSRP $ 24,985; 13 city / 17 hwy) and the GMC Savana Cargo Van (MSRP $ 24,985; 15 city / 20 hwy) even if large - size vans cover more miles per gallon.

Diesel will grant the BMW X5 xDrive35d better fuel economy (as much as a 30 percent improvement to 19 city / 26 highway) and higher torque than its gas - powered counterpart.

While West Coast cities seem to embrace hybrid vehicles more than their counterparts in the Midwest and on the East Coast, cities in the South lag behind most major cities in the country, with Houston, Oklahoma City, Memphis, Birmingham and Miami rounding out the bottom five of the 50 cities listed.

Its counterpart, Smart City Brake Support — Reverse, is also available and all variants other than the entry - level Mazda2 Maxx come equipped with it.

The City CVT returns a higher fuel efficiency figure than its manual counterpart with an ARAI certified mileage of 18 km / l.

With a starting price roughly $ 4,000 more than the base - model Camry, the Camry Hybrid humiliates the less - expensive model's city mileage (just 25 mpg) while putting up combined mileage that's 13 mpg better than its counterpart.

As smaller cities, these communities have more character than their larger counterparts, which raises the potential for an interesting and memorable night on the town.

As smaller cities, these communities have more character than their larger counterparts, which raises the potential for an interesting and memorable...

Residents of large cities like Boston and San Francisco, for example, will inevitably spend more on food and rent than many of their counterparts throughout the country.

Like their counterparts in big cities, dog owners in Lake County may have to start cleaning up after their pets with pooper scoopers.That was one of several changes to the county's animal control ordinance suggested during a public hearing Tuesday.The revamped proposal, which aims primarily to stop vicious animals before they bite or harm someone, will undergo more tinkering to include suggestions like cleaning up after dogs.Pooper scoopers will be needed if the county sticks with the idea to ban defecating by dogs on both public and private property other than that belonging to the animal's owner, County Commissioner Richard Swartz said.

There are some good ideas and the co-op provides a decent platform to get together with friends, but unlike recent co-op counterparts such as Left 4 Dead or Syndicate, Operation Raccoon City is largely dependant on you being able to make it fun, rather than it actually being fun.

[In addition to those working in New York City,] Women of Abstract Expressionism also sheds light on the unique experiences of artists based in the Bay area on the West Coast where they were on a more equal footing with their male counterparts than those working in New York.