Sentences with phrase «rural school districts find»

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It is in the less desirable and more troubled systems, the nation's urban and rural school districts, that administrators currently have tremendous difficulty finding sufficient numbers of certified teachers.

Federal grants are the main source of drug - education and prevention funding in more than half of the nation's rural school districts, the General Accounting Office has found.

The survey's findings were based on the responses of 1,337 school districts chosen from rural, suburban, and urban districts nationwide.

Because we use data from an urban school district, our findings may not reflect how automatic admission guarantees affect students in rural or suburban schools.

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A report on rural schools looking at data from the 2013 - 14 school year found that more than 20 percent of all public school students in the United States are enrolled in rural school districts, which is over 9.7 million students.

The findings were also based on interviews with school leaders from eight districts across Montana, representing both urban and rural districts and varying in size.

Stakeholder feedback identified several components to consider when researching this option, including: finding opportunities in rural and / or low income school districts, finding opportunities in school districts experiencing difficulty in attracting and retaining staff for identified positions, opportunities to practice co-teaching, and possible participation in or exposure to professional learning communities (in - district, or regional).»

School districts in rural areas and districts with low spending levels locked in by state law would receive millions more in funding under a pair of bills championed by Rep. John Nygren, R - Marinette, and Sen. Howard Marklein, R - Spring Green, a nonpartisan analysis found.

From EdWeek: Rural school districts in Colorado would receive help finding and keeping teachers if legislation passed by state lawmakers last week is signed by the governor, according to a story by The Colorado Independent.

While rural school districts have fewer students, the study found, they have «extremely high» rates of chronic absenteeism as well.

The study finds that in states with larger proportions of rural SIG schools (in comparison to states with more urban and suburban districts), significantly fewer school leaders reported that replacing principals to meet SIG requirements helped improve student achievement.

In rural Michigan, finding and retaining qualified preschool teachers has always been a challenge, for they can readily transition to jobs as kindergarten teachers in the local school districts which pay at least $ 10,000 more.