Sentences with phrase «rural challenge grants»

Watson - Blagden says the concept of place - based education has taken root over the past ten to twenty years, fueled, in part, by Annenberg Rural Challenge grants, launched in 1995 to improve rural schools by linking them more with their communities.

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«Each of these priority states share common concerns for balancing the needs of rural communities, where access to job coaching and behavioral supports is challenging, with urban centers, where caseloads are extremely large,» explained Elaine E. Katz, MS, CCC - SLP, senior vice president of grants and communications at Kessler Foundation.

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Teach For America, the privately organized teacher corps that places recent college graduates in rural and inner - city classrooms, last week announced the receipt of a three - year, $ 3 - million «challenge» grant from Philip Morris Companies Inc..

Caitlin Scott writes on a new REL Northwest study that uncovers challenges faced by rural schools with School Improvement Grants and shows the promise of technical assistance when it comes to implementing evidence - based strategies.

Caitlin Scott writes on a new REL Northwest study that uncovers challenges faced by rural schools with School Improvement Grants and shows the promise of technical...

Many of the grant communities, particularly the rural ones, reported that a lack of services poses a major challenge to creating individualized service plans.