Sentences with phrase «while rural schools»

Hargreaves says that while rural schools face common challenges related to distance, size, and access, there are differences among schools and communities that create their own distinct strengths and needs.

Player also found that while rural schools employ fewer black and Latino teachers on average, when controlling for student demographics, these schools employ a greater percentage of black teachers than urban and town schools and a greater percentage of Latino teachers than suburban and town schools.

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

Not exact matches

«This report is about suggesting a range of collaborative and innovative ways forward for these schools, which clearly have a key role in rural life, while not shying away from the difficult questions.»

As numerous cities make energy choices to tackle climate change, so too should municipalities invest in farm - to - hospital and farm - to - school programs that deliver healthier food and strengthen rural communities while emitting fewer greenhouse gases.

This is definitely true if you recall that just last year Folsom and De La Salle - Concord actually played in a NorCal Open Division bowl game, and that starting next year such a matchup still isn't happening while possible matchups such as Mission - San Francisco traveling to play a rural small - school opponent such as Winters or Bear River - Grass Valley will be on the CIF bowl game schedule.

Christina Alexander was the president of the sophomore class at Sherburne - Earlville Central School in rural Chenango County when the student body decided to retire its Indian mascot, while leaving the team's name - the Marauders — unchanged.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

While thousands of students have left rural public districts, poverty rates in these schools have increased, according to the analysis by the New York State Association of School Business Officials.

The most recent poverty rate for non-rural schools is about 21 percent, while the rate in rural schools increased to around 23 percent.

One implication of the different spatial distribution of people by race is that lots of metropolitan areas have de facto segregated schools, while Brown v. Board of Education and the cases that followed were quite effective in requiring schools in small towns and rural areas with racially mixed populations to be integrated, since they don't have many schools period and don't have nearly as great residential segregation into large nearly mono - racial groups of neighborhoods the way that many large cities do.

A rural cemetery containing the remains of 14 boys who died while they were inmates at a state reform school in Rush will be returned to the state more than 20 years after being sold as part of a land deal.

The experiment asked 54 athletes from rural Midwestern high schools to take the test twice, once while giving their best effort and once while subtly sandbagging.

Rural Pennsylvania for school, the Loire Valley for a semester abroad, San Francisco for a post-grad internship, back in Connecticut while I launched my online boutique, into New York where Will and I met, then to Dallas where Will is from, and now back to Connecticut where I grew up!

One day while working at a shady nightclub he gets a surprise visit from his former coach, who brings him a special offer - a gig at a rural high school coaching a rag - tag weightlifting team comprised of outcasts and misfits.

While being transported through the scenic rural areas of Washington, Carden's men attempt to spring him out of their protection, and they almost succeed until the U.S. Marshal, knowing he is likely to die but not wanting a dangerous killer like Carden free, hands over custody to a civilian, a high school teacher named Ray Keene and his son, Chris (Anderson).

But as long as states and / or the federal government increase demands on teachers while canceling some of these very programs, the problem rural and remote schools face in attracting and retaining quality teachers is just not likely to fade.

Even with parental determination to be involved while their children are in school, «I think the primary challenge rural kids face is a lack of preparation for school,» Rearick told Education World.

Cesar Chavez Elementary School, a Spanish - immersion school, in Davis, California, has discovered a way to bring the Spanish - speaking world to life for its students while also allowing them to share ideas and resources with other kids: It found a sister school in rural NicaSchool, a Spanish - immersion school, in Davis, California, has discovered a way to bring the Spanish - speaking world to life for its students while also allowing them to share ideas and resources with other kids: It found a sister school in rural Nicaschool, in Davis, California, has discovered a way to bring the Spanish - speaking world to life for its students while also allowing them to share ideas and resources with other kids: It found a sister school in rural Nicaschool in rural Nicaragua.

While the national, state, and metro area analysis comprised the bulk of our report, we did, in fact, examine the segregation of students in charter and traditional public schools by geography — comparing students in these school sectors within cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

In 2015, Brazil's school assessment exams, the National Education Evaluation System (SAEB in Portuguese), will provide the first data on how schools in Amazonas have fared since receiving the IDB loan, and while this will be a useful tool for evaluating the performance of rural students compared to their urban counterparts, Perez says the exam may not be an entirely accurate measurement of the success of PADEAM and the Media Center.

In recent years (or even in recent decades), it has become all too common for folks to accept that our «best» teachers are the ones going to the well - funded, suburban schools, while our high - need schools — be they in urban or rural communities — are left wanting.

A private Montessori school in rural Minnesota last week cleared a key hurdle on its way to becoming the nation's first «charter» school, able under state law to receive public funds while remaining free from most outside control.

While promising economic growth in rural states, this model doesn't directly address the needs of rural high school students who aren't within driving distance of, or willing to relocate for, good jobs in their state.

While school choice does have a history in rural states — since 1869, Vermont has allowed parents to select a nearby school for their student to attend at the expense of their own town through a «tuitioning» program — few states have encouraged the direct creation of rural, publicly funded schools of choice.

A leader and active member in many student groups while at the Ed School, including FIERCE (Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education) and the HGSE Rural Educators Alliance, Barraza, as noted by a peer who nominated her for the Intellectual Contribution Award, «never shied away from difficult conversations with peers and professors and she modeled what it means to stand up for what one believes in.»

An education system custom - made for rural communities would ensure that those who wish to stay in their community, and those who might return after venturing out, have access to relevant career education while they are in high school.

While rural and urban schools share certain challenges, including the devastating effects of poverty on school children, there are myriad other problems specific to rural schools, which is why applying an urban model and urban solutions to rural schools simply doesn't work.

In addition, while the Florida study shows that although the «negative effects of entering a middle school are somewhat smaller outside of urban districts,... they remain substantial even in rural areas.»

The challenge was to ensure rural schools had supplies, while making things easier for the teachers who are tasked with delivering multiple subjects and family education (lots of the students are living with grandparents because their parents are working in remote cities).

While that money has helped connect almost every school in the country to the Internet, rural schools continue to find themselves at a huge disadvantage when it comes to prices and access to fiber - optic cables.

While rural students are likely to graduate from high school, they lag far behind on every college indicator — applications, admission, attendance, readiness, grades, persistence, and graduation.

The FRS publication, A Guidebook for Success: Strategies for Implementing Personalized Learning in Rural Schools, helps education leaders capitalize on existing assets while addressing their community's challenges.

While there have always been examples of highly successful vocational programs and schools in both urban and rural America, there have also been notorious examples of vocational schools serving predominantly disadvantaged young people that led only to dead - end jobs.

The Future Ready Schools ® (FRS) publication, A Guidebook for Success: Strategies for Implementing Personalized Learning in Rural Schools, helps education leaders capitalize on existing assets while addressing their community's challenges.

And while the challenges in Milwaukee are steep, many public schools around the state, particularly in rural areas, struggle just as much to educate disadvantaged children.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

With the support of this public - private alliance, Brad will be leading an initiative to work with around 30 small schools in a rural area to develop a model of group purchasing and other innovative measures that will deliver tasty, nutritious food to children while also enabling the meals service to break even.

While most charter schools are forced to divert operating funds to cover the cost of facilities, the problem is more acute for rural charters.

Sen. Bob Hall, R - Edgewood, noted that while a program like the one introduced in Richardson may work for larger, urban school districts, it would put small, rural districts at even more of a disadvantage in staffing classrooms with high quality teachers.

While not a major force in most rural districts, brick - and - mortar charter schools — far more expensive to operate — can create turmoil in a small district, especially one that sets itself up as a competitor to the community's public schools.

This blog post examines ways education leaders in Oregon are working to address the problem of rural students struggling to get a head start on college while still in high school.

You will notice that while the articles in this issue of Principal address challenges and solutions for various communities, we pay close attention to the special needs of rural schools, with a focus on what's working.

While city educators and «country» educators might argue whose hardships are greater, rural school leaders unquestionably recognize that their greatest challenge today is building, sustaining, and supporting a teacher corps so that schools can operate at high levels.

While the challenges addressed in this article are not necessarily unique to rural schools, leaders need to find effective, rural - specific responses to address them.

In 2013, the Board of Directors determined that it was time to expand the structure and operations of the organization to create a robust, multi-dimensional association to promote rural education, enhance student achievement while continuing to advocate for Colorado's rural students and schools.

This problem appeared to be most dire for girls at Rural School: A full 72 percent of them reported suffering relational bullying either «every once in a while,» «often,» or «every day,» compared with 58 percent of girls at Big City School and 48 percent at Small City School.

While the preservice teachers in this study taught in a variety of settings (urban, suburban, and rural), as well as a variety of grade levels and subjects, they faced a consistent challenge in using technology as a tool for learning: lack of access to adequate technology in the K - 12 schools.

While the federal government has offered student loan forgiveness and stipends to incentivize teachers to teach in these areas, researchers have found that nationwide, inexperienced teachers are still more common in rural, high - poverty schools.

While the national focus is often on the poor performance of urban schools, rural and many small - town schools perform significantly worse than urban schools in many cases.