Sentences with phrase «expand rural education»

The proposal would expand rural education programs and after - school programs and create a new version of the Investing in Innovation program.

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While expanding charters like Grimmway and Walton holds promise, districts remain the central providers of education in rural America.

Policymakers should make policy that promotes quality - focused rural education by expanding broadband access, developing quality control mechanisms, and removing barriers to innovation such as class size and seat - time requirements.

(September 1, 2015, Columbia, MD) Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 5 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program that will enable the organization to expand its lending and development capacity to multiple charter schools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural communities.

The report also calls on Congress to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, increase funding for career and technical education programs, expand the Community Eligibility Provision so more students in high - poverty schools can receive free meals, improve schools» access to Medicaid funding for health and mental health services provided to students, and adjust the Title I funding formula so that it's «accurately and more meaningfully» allocated to rural school districts.

It's a model that Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, has called for, claiming that virtual schools can offer «valuable options» in rural areas, where educators are eager to expand courses, as long as they don't have to push already tight budgets or direct student funding away from schools.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States explores strategies for expanding access to dual enrollment opportunities in rural states and communities.

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.

The success of the program motivated Council Grove high school students to expand «Power Up Clubs» into summer healthy - activity day camps, and the program has become a model for rural afterschool programs across the state (Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network, n.d.).