The federal government can get local and state schools to do a better job.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

Most parents have opted for local parochial schools, where the children are receiving a significantly better education than those in the public school system.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

During the call for better support for staff who have been attacked, teachers accused the local councils who run schools of paying lip service to help for staff.

BBC: Teacher and class - generic

For Friedman, vouchers would break local government education monopolies and spark the creation of new, better, and more productive schools.

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Its No Knives Better Lives initiative, which has been rolled out across 10 local authority areas, uses work in schools and youth schemes, diversionary activities and advertising to discourage knife carrying.

BBC: Knife crime tops agenda at National Youth Summit

So I challenge the Prime Minister and the Chancellor, here and now, to use the treasure chest they have now to invest in local schools, local hospitals, pensioners, rather than still more tax cuts for the better off.

BBC: News | UK Politics | Charles Kennedy's speech in full

Directors of local high schools and community colleges seem to grasp and depict the majesty of Les Mis far better than every sequential attempt on the big screen.

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