Sentences with phrase «between rural students»

An article that discusses the relationship between rural students and their teachers in Early Childhood Research Quarterly (2013).

Could technology actually bridge the gap between rural students and their urban peers?

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It provides students with four to eight weeks of clinical training in a rural community during the summer between their first two years of medical school.

The critical - thinking gap between field trip students from rural and high - poverty schools and similar students who didn't go on the trip was significantly larger than the gap between affluent students who went and affluent students who didn't go.

SAME seeks to close the gap in student achievement between rural and remote and urban areas by delivering live, interactive, sessions from broadcast studios via EDUSAT — a dedicated educational satellite launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation.

Or consider College Options in Shasta, Siskiyou and other northern California counties, which is a partnership between county offices of education, institutions of higher education and others that is designed to increase opportunities for students in these rural communities to pursue postsecondary education.

Rachel Tompkins is president of the Rural School and Community Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public work.&rRural School and Community Trust, a nonprofit educational organization «dedicated to improving student learning and community life by strengthening relationships between rural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public work.&rrural schools and communities and engaging students in community - based public work.»

Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS) is a science penpal program that started in 2010 as a collaboration between 6th grade science teacher in rural North Carolina and a chemistry graduate student at UC Berkeley.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

And as David Miller notes in his 2014 eLearning article Online Learning Advantages: Why Online Learning Offers Plenty of Incentives, besides physical college campuses often feeling too far and few between, living in a rural community «can be even more difficult for students to find experts in the fields they're interested in».

NSW's Aurora College is using virtual reality technology to address the growing gap in achievement between rural and city students in New South Wales schools.

With 1,061 annual beneficiaries, Jaago Foundation aims to help bridge the educational quality gap between urban and rural students in Bangladesh.

The formal partnership between this school and its local council supports remote, rural students who are transitioning into further education or employment.

Based on this information, Kissam makes several recommendations that could not only help to close the attainment gap between rural Hispanic students and their white peers but could also improve outcomes for all rural students:

Although the gap in academic performance between rural Hispanic and white students begins in elementary school, it grows as students move into middle and high school.

We believe this could be an opportunity for positive change as long as adequacy and equity are central tenets to address the chronic and growing divide between urban / rural, wealthy and poorer school systems and their related student achievement gaps.

A study released this month by the American Association of School Administrators on equity for rural schools found that, due to the sheer distance between schools, rural students don't truly have a choice when it comes to enrolling in a school that will meet their needs.

The study looks at class sizes, student - to - teacher, student - to - administrator and teacher - to - administrator ratios in suburban, rural and city school districts, teacher pay and the demographics of teachers between 2009 and 2014, using data from the Department of Public Instruction and school district data from the U.S. Department of Education.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

(D.C.) In Utah, first - year federal grant funding of $ 2.2 million was used to create a partnership between seven rural school districts, three charter schools, the Ute Indian Tribe, Utah State University and four local business organizations aimed at helping more low - income and at - risk students graduate from high school prepared for college.

This month, Cartner told school board members in his rural district, which serves nearly 6,000 students, that they may have to choose between axing specialty courses, increasing class sizes in grades 4 - 12 or asking for a hefty injection of cash from their local board.

In contrast to nationwide declining rural student populations, Idaho's rural charter school enrollment is growing — increasing 19 percent between the 2013 - 14 to 2014 - 15 school years.

The bill requests an increase in funding to school district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school districts.

• Hire a «rural education coordinator,» who would play matchmaker between college students interested in teaching and rural school districts looking to hire educators.

Research shows rural students are less likely to attend selective colleges, have greater gaps between high school graduation and entering college, and are less likely to be continuously enrolled in college.

In addition, many rural students don't see the connection between their high school education and careers.

We will be joined by Chris Nielson from New Zealand who will be looking at collaboration between primary, secondary and early years settings, Marie - Claire Bretherton from England who will be sharing her experience of peer review as a powerful vehicle for school improvement, leadership development and culture change, Matt Carver from Australia who will share his experience of collaboration in rural and remote communities and Rodney Eckhert and Nancy Sabo in Ontario who will share their collaborative work with elementary school teachers and students.

REL Northwest has released a multiyear study of the college enrollment and persistence rates of rural and nonrural Oregon students who began grade 9 at a public school in Oregon between 2005 and 2007...

However, notwithstanding the growing cadre of exemplars around the country, spanning school size, district, and across both urban and rural settings, the research to explicitly identify and understand the key components of effective implementation is still nascent, especially in demonstrating a causal relationship between implementation of a comprehensive and integrated community school strategy — not just individual program pieces — and increased student achievement.

However, the steep jump in 4 - year degree attainment for rural students (up to 54.5 % of rural degree holders from 39 % between 1982 — 1989) could be an indicator of a larger movement to urban areas capable of providing those programs.

As part of the PPA between UNSW and Maoneng, an annual scholarship worth A$ 10,000 (US$ 8,000) will be offered to students studying at Balranald Central School — which is located close to the planned solar farm in rural NSW — to attend UNSW.

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