Sentences with phrase «urban education system in the country»

To help New Orleans become the first high - quality urban education system in the country, NSNO invests in great public schools, helps schools become more effective, and coordinates solutions to citywide challenges.

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This year the list is topped by four major research pieces: an analysis of how U.S. students from highly educated families perform compare with similarly advantaged students from other countries; a study investigating what students gain when they are taken on field trips to see high - quality theater performances; a study of teacher evaluation systems in four urban school districts that identifies strengths and weaknesses of different evaluation systems; and the results of Education Next's annual survey of public opinion on eEducation Next's annual survey of public opinion on educationeducation.

A nine - member review board of prominent education researchers, policy leaders, practitioners and executives from around the country evaluated publicly available student achievement data on 27 large established urban charter school systems and found that Achievement First, KIPP Foundation and Uncommon Schools had the best overall student academic performance in recent years.

We have no idea what these private philanthropic endeavors are teaching, but the country's education system certainly is suffering under their leadership especially in the large urban school districts that they have taken over (last full paragraph is telling).