Sentences with phrase «especially rural districts»

The proposed referendum restrictions would disproportionately affect declining - enrollment districts and poorer districts, especially rural districts, the school board says.

Not exact matches

The committee expects to do more selling of the district for the April election, especially to seniors and the voters in the rural precincts who defeated it on Nov. 5, O'Leary said.

He has also found that the political climate, especially in the vastly rural District 22, is off this year.

So there willl continue to be cuts... but especially upstate, they were disproportionately hit in terms of rural districts and small city school districts.»

This is a big benefit to suburban and rural school districts - especially those on Long Island.

Further ordered that the findings contained therein be utilized in carrying out departmental missions, especially within the areas of capital programming, sewer district extensions, agricultural district activity, review of municipal development actions under General Municipal Law § 239 (L) & (M), water and sewer system approvals, SEQR reviews, and all other activities that influence where and how development occurs within Erie County's rural areas.

You deserve multiple viewpoints, especially from our rural communities and from members that live in the 27th District.

Would you commit to fully funding schools, especially in poor inner city and rural districts, and how would you fund it?

Bijoy Datta, the Broome County Republican chairman, thinks «there's a lot of anger especially in the rural parts of the district,» but says the topic hasn't been a «huge issue in terms of debate or news coverage or direct voter contact throughout the campaign.»

Gibson, 48, is a lifelong New Yorker and a talented campaigner with an appealing personal story, especially for a district that includes newly gentrified river towns like Hudson * but also covers a wide swath of depressed rural territory: He's a former Army colonel who served four tours in Iraq and was awarded a Purple Heart.

The Senate and Assembly also want to wipe out this year the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which primarily reduced funding to suburban and rural school districts - especially districts on Long Island, where Flanagan is from.

Although state lawmakers restored some of the school funding last year, especially to urban schools like the Syracuse City School District, rural and surburban districts still get hammered by the GEA.

«We also want to regionalize the problem to find more beds, because there aren't enough rehab beds for the people who need it, especially our districts that tend to be more rural,» said Giglio.

Iowa districts, especially rural ones, have been hard hit in recent years by declining enrollment, Mr. Rasmussen explained.

Virginia, too, especially in its rural districts, is seeing some teachers leave the state for higher salaries.

The problem — especially acute in urban and rural districts and in the hard - to - fill areas of special education, mathematics, and science — is so severe that

Keeping classrooms fully staffed is especially hard in remote, rural districts, which educate 2 percent of the nation's schoolchildren.

School districts from coast to coast are launching ambitious initiatives to attract and retain teachers, especially teachers who belong to minority groups and teachers certified in critical - need areas or those willing to teach in urban or rural schools.

Putting aside the fact that NCLB requires assessments to be given to all students and even dings schools in its accountability requirements if they have low participation rates (after all, the law could change), sampling would make it more difficult to produce usable achievement data for individual districts and schools, especially in small schools or rural areas.

And particular regions, like rural districts, where it's difficult to find qualified teachers, are also especially strained.

Many of the nation's teachers, especially in the poorest urban districts and in the 5,000 school districts classified as rural, had fallen short of that standard.

And for many low - income students, traveling outside their county or district to attend school every day — especially in rural areas — is not feasible.

«Tennessee's rural areas and poorer districts are especially dependent upon these funds, as their local budgets are unable to provide additional support for professional learning,» McQueen wrote.

A: Some school districts — especially in rural areas — have trouble hiring and keeping teachers in hard - to - fill fields like technology education.

Across the country, states and school districts experience a critical shortage of teachers, especially in hard - to - staff subjects, such as science, technology, and math, and in hard - to - staff schools, such as those in high - poverty and rural areas.

Recruitment and retention challenges are once again leading to teacher shortages across the nation, especially in urban and rural school districts.

The collaboration is especially valuable for teachers in rural districts where they might be the only science teacher.

If state policymakers expand voucher programs, this could increase the tax burden of citizens, especially those living in rural communities and small school districts with fewer students.

Especially in urban and rural school districts, low salaries and poor working conditions often contribute to the difficulties of recruiting and keeping teachers, as can the challenges of the work itself.

While consolidation may make sense for some districts, it could also lead to higher transportation costs and travel distances for students, especially in rural areas.

«In rural districts that's getting harder and harder to keep, especially some of the advanced programs,» Kaukl explains.

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.

Any cut to central office is really difficult, especially for your more rural, smaller districts that don't have a large tax base for counties to supplement.»

«The goal of Grow Your Own is to help increase the quality and diversity of our teaching force, especially in small and rural school districts,» education commissioner Mike Morath said in a statement.

Research shows many schools face challenges in retaining high - quality teachers, especially urban school districts and small, rural school districts.

The Utah State Office of Education, in partnership with UEN, is offering online courses to better meet the needs of those Utah educators who are pursuing their science endorsement, especially those in rural districts.

This ought to be of special interest to everyone in Utah, and especially among school districts in rural areas dominated by Native American populations.

Many states have attempted to «grow their own» teachers or school leaders to mitigate shortages, especially in rural districts.

Additional data collection is especially important for understanding the prevalence of chronic early absence in rural and suburban areas as well as other urban school districts.

The fact that governments (including school districts) are major employers, especially in rural areas, along with the struggle reformers often have in explaining the nuances of teacher pay (and moving away from over-simplification that lead to Matt Damon moments) should also help the NEA's and AFT's cause.

Digital learning materials, high capacity broadband, data use, and related professional learning are unevenly distributed across the country — falling especially short of needed levels in rural and poor communities — and greater federal funding is needed to help states and districts address this inequity.

Many districts, especially in rural areas, face the weighty issue of digital equity.

Many districts — especially urban, inner suburban and rural, serving very high - need student populations — continue to struggle from a lack of sufficient funding, which makes it impossible to provide all students with the opportunity for a high quality education.

For low - wealth, rural districts like Rockingham County Schools, those kinds of budget cutbacks are especially tough.

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.

Rural districts, most of which offer lower salaries than urban districts, can find it especially tough to recruit new teachers, but they're coming up with some creative solutions.

The problem seems especially acute for public school districts in rural areas, where...

Don't be fooled into thinking Sheffield isn't a city full of wide open spaces, parks, woodland and rural villages, especially as a third of the city lies within the boundaries of the Peak District National Park.

The cash is expected to lower the burden on prosecutors, especially in poorer and rural districts, where the workload discrepancy is stark.»

DC simply doesn't have the kind of open areas and rural spaces that you'll find in whole states, which makes comparisons District of Columbia insurance rates seem inflated, especially when compared to costs in low - population density states like Wyoming or Montana.