Sentences with phrase «even rural school districts»

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School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaSchool districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaschool open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.

Better at When Than How As school districts around the country grapple with turnaround strategies and fiscal realities, school closure (and consolidation) has become a popular option in districts from Baltimore to Detroit, from Boston to Denver, even in rural places like Maine and North Dakota.

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 result, experts say, is that many rural districts still face a steep climb to meet long - term federal goals for school connectivity, even though most currently provide students with the minimum recommended bandwidth.

It must be said, however, that the digital divide (in terms of race, income and location in terms of rural communities) remains a key factor that some studies indicate are leading to even greater disparities between well - to - do and disadvantaged schools and districts.

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.

The results suggest that the negative effects of entering a middle school are most pronounced in cities, but they remain sizable even in rural areas, confirming that the negative effects of configurations that separate the middle - school grades are by no means limited to urban school districts.

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.

Because high performing educators in those small districts have fewer schools to move around to if they want to receive additional pay to work in lower performing schools as required under such programs, those teachers would be more likely to choose to work in a district that can offer that sort of advantage — something Hall said would simply draw even more quality teachers away from rural schools.

Providing a rigorous pre-college curriculum has long been a struggle in many of the more than 7,100 U.S. rural school districts, where a lack of teachers, dwindling enrollment numbers and tight budgets make it difficult to offer electives, foreign languages and even basic classes that are a given in many suburban and urban schools.

In Lee County Schools system in rural Alabama, for example, which had years earlier convinced a federal court that it had eliminated the effects of segregation, one of the four public high schools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percentSchools system in rural Alabama, for example, which had years earlier convinced a federal court that it had eliminated the effects of segregation, one of the four public high schools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percentschools served more than 90 percent black students — even though the district student population was only 23 percent black.

As WPCP continues to divert funding from rural school districts, there is debate as to whether the program is even accessible to certain eligible rural students.

The message of «enough is enough» resounded across the state, from urban to rural districts, and even in well - to - do suburban communities like Ridgewood, where residents are particularly proud of their schools.

These are only a few examples of how today's ISDs serve urban, suburban and rural K — 12 districts, enabling even the most challenged school to offer otherwise unavailable educational opportunities to its students.