We aim to not only open more high-quality public schools across the country but also to have a transformative impact on the traditional school system.

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His foundation has been working in the rural hinterland in partnership with various state governments to upgrade the quality of public schools.

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The quality of services offered by public schools varies enormously from place to place.

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During candidate forums, the candidates have clashed over whether crime has ticked up in parts of the city and the quality of Jersey City's public schools, which remain under partial state control.

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Since the 1970s state courts around the country have cited clauses in their state constitutions that guarantee quality education for all students in public schools to try to equalize the spending in poor and higher-income districts.

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The President's proposal includes robust investments to modernize at least 35, 000 public schools to put Americans to work and provide our students with high-quality education and safe and healthy schools in which they can learn.

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The closures "will consolidate underutilized schools and programs to provide students with the quality, 21st century education they need to succeed in the classroom, " Chicago Public Schools said in a statement Wednesday.

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Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey said the successful schemes would give the public access to "high quality work, often in unusual venues such as libraries, pubs, schools and outdoor spaces".

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As for the quality of education, it is worth recalling the archbishop's recent challenge to New York's public schools to hand over their worst students to the Catholic schools.

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