inner-cities

Why do you suppose democrats so fiercely oppose educational reform in the inner-cities?

Think Progress » Former GOP Congressman J.C. Watts: ‘Social programs’ are the ‘new slavery.’ 2010

Especially for educators like me who work in inner-cities where dropout rates are high and the challenges to reach individual students are greater.

Gloria Bonilla Santiago: No Child Left Behind: Not Too Late to Fix Gloria Bonilla Santiago 2012

It is the long, steep rise in house prices that led to such a radical gamble by this coalition government – one that critics have warned could drive people out of wealthy inner-cities.

Spirit of Rachman still walks the streets of London Anushka Asthana 2010

Why do you suppose democrats so fiercely oppose educational reform in the inner-cities?

Think Progress » Former GOP Congressman J.C. Watts: ‘Social programs’ are the ‘new slavery.’ 2010

Easing the pain of the Northern inner-cities and small Southern towns during the Great Depression, black baseball teams bolstered the economies and brought communities together while becoming points of pride throughout the land.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

The Urban Biofilter project addresses these issues and leverages waste to improve quality of life in inner-cities.

Urban Biofilter Project Plants Bamboo Forests to Clean up Brownfields | Inhabitat 2010

Non-constructive ways of doing so are seen every day on the corners of America's inner-cities.

Randy Miller: Cultivate Urban Students in Becoming Entrepreneurial Randy Miller 2011

Non-constructive ways of doing so are seen every day on the corners of America's inner-cities.

Randy Miller: Cultivate Urban Students in Becoming Entrepreneurial Randy Miller 2011

Instead of funding the status quo, we only invest in reform - reform that raises student achievement, inspires students to excel in math and science, and turns around failing schools that steal the future of too many young Americans, from rural communities to inner-cities.

State of the Union Open Thread (Blog for Democracy) 2010

Easing the pain of the Northern inner-cities and small Southern towns during the Great Depression, black baseball teams bolstered the economies and brought communities together while becoming points of pride throughout the land.

One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011