Sentences with phrase «help rural districts»

The measure also would provide stipends to help rural districts keep the teachers they already have.

The JFC plan nixes the governor's proposal to add $ 20 million to expand sparsity aid, is designed to help rural districts.

To help rural districts overcome these challenges, FRS developed a research - based framework and five - step planning process to guide schools and districts as they transition to a personalized learning model centered on individual student learning and facilitated by innovative instruction accelerated by the smart integration of technology.

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«This well - deserved status is a formal recognition of the outstanding natural beauty of the Lake District, and will help to further promote our area as the UK's leading rural tourist destination.

Fort Bragg Unified School District — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high schoolDistrict — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high schoolDistrict In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high schooldistrict's high school campus.

Members of the moderate New Democrat Coalition had high hopes for Huffstetler to help flip the mostly rural 5th District this November.

The bill would help pay for buses to drive kids in rural areas to the summer meal programs, increase access to farm - to - table foods, and also lower the threshold for school districts to qualify for free summer meal programs.

He was a professor of rural education at Teachers College, Columbia University, until his retirement in 1965, and helped launch school - improvement projects in small, remote school districts.

spThanks to a multiyear initiative to use technology to help surmount the challenges often faced by the state's small, rural schools, Advanced Placement courses were offered for the first time this spring — via the Internet — in 26 districts

Meanwhile, Colorado's plan describes the state's Self - Assessment for Healthy Human Capital Systems Tool, and how the state will help districts, particularly rural ones, identify and share «what works,» and develop a toolbox to support districts with teacher recruitment, retention, distribution, and effectiveness.

To help those students, Quitman County has joined other rural districts to form the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access to provide advanced coursework for all high school students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstances.

The Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is designed to help small, rural districts use federal resources more effectiRural Education Achievement Program (REAP) is designed to help small, rural districts use federal resources more effectirural districts use federal resources more effectively.

The Grow Rural Education program allows eligible farmers to nominate their local public school district for grants to help enhance STEM education.

The veto came after the Legislature reduced the amount of money Walker initially proposed in the budget to help districts in rural areas, where many of the low - revenue districts are located.

Stronger charter school laws can help meet rural students» needs by allowing communities to innovate in ways that traditional districts can not because of regulatory constraints on hiring, spending, allocation of time, and class offerings.

(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.

«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.

(Texas) Through the state's new Grow Your Own program, 25 rural Texas districts have received grant money to promote teaching careers among high school students and help paraprofessionals already working in schools earn their credential.

From EdWeek: Rural school districts in Colorado would receive help finding and keeping teachers if legislation passed by state lawmakers last week is signed by the governor, according to a story by The Colorado Independent.

This will help districts understand whether teachers leave for better economic opportunities, particularly in high - cost, urban and remote, rural areas.

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.

The Illinois Center for School Improvement (Illinois CSI) is an organization created by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) and American Institutes for Research to help district leaders from urban, rural, and suburban schools transform their systems to ultimately drive higher student achievement.

Since school districts are dependent primarily on local property taxes and often have a depressed economic base, this investment helped the Institute demonstrate how important it is for the legislature to increase funding to poor, rural schools in the state.

The Rural Professional Learning Network is a new initiative geared toward helping school districts in...

The study finds that in states with larger proportions of rural SIG schools (in comparison to states with more urban and suburban districts), significantly fewer school leaders reported that replacing principals to meet SIG requirements helped improve student achievement.

Rural and remote school districts in Amarillo, Texas, and Arab, Alabama, have partnered with NHA to help facilitate distance learning and certification programs for Medical Assistant (CCMA), EKG Technician (CET), and Patient Care Technician / Assistant (CPCT / A) credentials.