Nonetheless, there is little argument that during his tenure the schools have deteriorated in many ways, including physically.

Many incumbents have ties to political parties, whose organizations help to keep them in office even while schools in their districts deteriorate.

The state's public schools, once considered among the best in the country, have deteriorated by many conventional indexes.

The parks and places children can go after school have markedly deteriorated.

No one will risk his or her political career to watch the schools deteriorate.

The historic elementary school closed down in the 1960s and has since deteriorated on Nevada Street.

But over time, as the town lost population, whites left the schools and labor troubles became routine, the schools deteriorated.

Incidentally, its public schools deteriorated, and education slowly ceased to be compulsory.

Now that situation is reversed, largely because the public schools have deteriorated.

"I think that's how Hartford's schools deteriorated in the first place."