Sentences with phrase «from rural»

Daniel, who's risen from rural poverty to a wealthy but soulless and troubled London existence, finds himself still obsessed with the three sisters and haunted by the summer of 1967.

7 — 12): John, a boy from rural southern Sudan, and Martha, from the city of Juba, both become separated from their families and are forced to flee from armies during the Sudan Civil War of 1983 — 2005.

Guest edited by Audrey Church and Frances Reeve, this issue features the stories of librarians from rural, suburban, urban, and different regions of the country, and address what resources might be available to assist the solo librarian in tough economic times.

Running away from the rural landscapes became a goal for the educated and the governing elite.

Traversing the South Korean landscape, from the rural fishing village of Pusan to the bustling capital of Seoul, This Burns My Heart is truly a slice of history, capturing a country very much in transition.

We did so long enough for the slight, twenty - six - year - old medic from rural Indiana to leap in.

His investigation leads him from rural Arkansas to Cleveland, Ohio as he tries to uncover a family secret kept hidden for over a decade.

Short story writer, Chinese novelist and the youngest, first female President of the Chinese Writers Association (elected at age 49 in 2006), Tie Ning has long written about ordinary female protagonists who are often from rural backgrounds.

Reading habits of members will also be surveyed all across the country as well as among those from the rural and urban regions to determine ways to improve services.

Emphasis will also be paid to ensure all including those from rural or under developed regions to have equal priority over information.

I am from a rural midwestern background.

But as they search for answers from the rural police, they encounter racial and political tensions, greed, corruption, and violence unlike anything they have ever known.

«A majority of North Americans do understand, at some level, that our food choices are politically charged,» says Kingsolver, «affecting arenas from rural culture to international oil cartels and global climate change.»

Julie Musil writes Young Adult novels from her rural home in Southern California, where she lives with her husband and three sons.

As the stories begin to range farther afield from rural Ireland, they follow the trajectory of O'Brien's own life, taking characters abroad to warm vacation spots (Italy in «Paradise», or Brittany in «Mrs. Reinhardt») or to big cities (London, Dublin, New York), where a rural Irish past is still in the background.

Small children and people from rural Alabama are impressed.

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During the Rally of Ireland, the R286 is transformed from rural byway to grand theater, applauded by some of the most fervent racing fans anywhere in the world.

A handful of Conservative MPs, largely from rural areas, have called for a review of the funding overhaul that will dish out more cash to struggling schools.

Moreover, most of the benefits we observed are significantly larger for minority students, low - income students and students from rural schools — typically two to three times larger than for white, middle - class, suburban students — owing perhaps to the fact that the tour was the first time they had visited an art museum.

Ripley illustrates the life of each student in detail, particularly Kim — a sophomore from rural Oklahoma, despondent at her American classmates whose abilities and desire for education did not match her own.

My decision to pursue higher education meant learning to negotiate and sacrifice pieces of my cultural schema to navigate the «institution» in order to be «successful» (whatever successful meant) by moving from my rural community to an urban university setting.

They come from rural, suburban, and urban schools.

From the rural beauty surrounding Teton Science Schools to the urban landscape of downtown Tucson's City High School, students have the opportunity to get out and enjoy where they are in any given moment, and learn something new no matter where they are.

The educational needs of New York students vary throughout the state, from rural parts of the state to the inner parts of New York City.

«Students are experiencing homelessness in over 75 percent of school districts across the U.S., and those are just the ones that have been identified; this is an issue that impacts all of us from rural Texas to the suburbs of LA to New York City,» said Liz Cohen, chief of staff, ICPH.

One morning during the first 2 weeks of classes, preservice teachers gathered on a university bus early in the morning and began the trek to East Chicago from rural north - central Indiana.

An effective leadership development strategy focuses on increasing the quantity, quality and diversity of future leaders for all school leadership roles and in all geographical locations, from rural and remote to metropolitan.

Colleges Discover the Rural Student Students from rural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationwide.

Bridge Partnership Schools for Liberia (Bridge PSL) on Saturday graduated 227 trainees who came from 33 schools and from the Rural Teacher Training Institutes in the Southeast.

The 286 schools — 210 elementary schools, 22 middle schools, 53 high schools, and one K — 12 school — represent promising ideas in different settings, from rural areas to major cities.

He is originally from rural Southwest Georgia.

Faced with that reality, some university leaders are reconsidering how to attract students from rural communities.

In one planning session, you can easily find educators from rural, urban and even online schools working together.

This leads to «brain drain» from rural areas.

For five of the CCSESA regions, we received at least one response from a large district and a rural district; for four regions, we received responses from large districts only; and for two regions, we received responses from rural districts only.

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.

«This same public — from rural towns to urban centers, from liberals to conservatives — will now serve as a check and balance.»

Prior to passage it had to be amended to appease senators from rural districts.

Many of the respondents from Rural School spoke about the difference between physical and emotional safety.

The declining number of students studying to become teachers has forced programs to try new recruiting tactics, including expanding to online programs that can draw in students from rural areas or distant parts of the state.

Now, educators from rural red states to the blue coasts are warning that the GOP push to shrink Medicaid spending will strip schools of what a national superintendents association estimates at up to $ 4 billion per year.

He has served as a classroom teacher and site and district administrator in a variety of school districts ranging from rural to urban to suburban, representing every level of the socioeconomic spectrum.

Still, the schools have been draining funds from rural districts, and have been quickly endorsed by DeVos as the option for rural students who may not have access to private institutions or brick - and - mortar charter schools.

Key to the victory against the voucher bill was the alliance between enough legislators from rural and suburban districts, and the overwhelming opposition from those representing inner city neighborhoods.

Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA), says lawmakers from rural districts understand the role schools play in their communities and the constant financial pressure they operate under on a daily basis.

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.

«Those are the kinds of things that would be taken away from rural districts that are trying to challenge the status quo and get better.»

In this meeting, the Utah State Board of Education gave approval for the state to seek waivers offered by the federal government under No Child Left Behind; agreed to form a work group to study and make recommendations for an RFP for statewide assessments for Utah's core curriculum; and granted a requested from rural Juab County's Tintic School District to move to a four - day week for school.

Being from a rural background means students often have a different repertoire for language because of their exposure to different environments and situations.