Sentences with phrase «help rural students»

tech.slashdot.org - Google on Monday said it was formally expanding its Rolling Study Halls program, or school buses equipped with WiFi, computers and on - bus educators to help rural students with work beyond school hours.

Google, however, is determined to put that lengthy commute to good use: it's formally launching Rolling Study Halls, or school buses equipped with WiFi, computers and on - bus educators to help rural students with work beyond school hours.

The Nebraska Library Commission project is designed to help rural students be on equal footing when it comes to int... https://t.co/wH2JD1pZFw

Earlier this year, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences received a $ 3 million endowment from a Raleigh couple to help rural students win admission to the university.

STEM programs, though, can help rural students aim high while providing real - world, experiential learning opportunities.

A business studies teacher, Ayub is focused on helping rural students improve skills such as innovation, design and creativity.

Not exact matches

So Schnidman Medbery, who studied computer science at Columbia University before spending two years with Teach for America in rural Arkansas, decided to create software to help teachers track and analyze student performance.

• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technoRural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technorural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technorural communities who hope to pursue careers in technology.

Luo says these and other findings helped convince the central government in 2011 to establish a school lunch program now benefiting 20 million rural students daily.

A research team investigating the mental health burden and treatment - seeking behaviors of student veterans attending rural community colleges in the southern United States has found that this population has difficulty integrating into the campus community and needs support to help it succeed.

If You Build It follows designer / activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie county, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

Students in rural areas have to travel farther to reach school than their urban counterparts — a commute of several hours by boat is considered normal — and many of their parents may not have the education level necessary to help with high school homework.

Now, through This Land Speaks — a recipient of the HGSE's Education Entrepreneurship Summer Fellowship, which provides funding and space at the Harvard Innovation Lab to students to advance ventures — she hopes to help students living in disadvantaged rural communities like the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia, Native American reservations, the Florida Panhandle, and the Eastern Carolinas.

student April Wang is using her Education Entrepreneurship Summer Fellowship to help those in disadvantaged rural communities find their voices.

But it must not become code for only helping black and Hispanic students, or only helping students enrolled in urban, rather than rural, schools.

Teaching English for the three years on the Laguna Pueblo reservation and in Aztec, New Mexico, she became distinctly aware of the unique problems faced by rural schools and enrolled in the Learning and Teaching (L&T) Program's Instructional Leadership Strand seeking ways she could be of greater help to her students.

A colouring activity to help students learn about the world, rural environments, daytime, geography habitats, and plants.

Teacher finds out how this approach is helping students at a school in rural Victoria.

There, with the help of professional guests and practitioners, disclose various topics concerning education in rural areas regarding their various stakeholders: students, families, teachers, institutions and the media.

Other projects created during the class include an organization that will provide free public libraries in India; an online platform to help students make more informed decisions when applying to college; an app that gives students fun, game - based content that shows what real scientists are like; a cellphone - hosted service for rural teachers in the Philippines that provides direct training and tips; and a nonprofit that will train and employ parent liaisons to develop stronger bonds between families and middle schools in an effort to improve dropout rates.

Following earning his own certification, Maddin left rural teaching and helped start I.D.E.A. College Prep — a public charter school based in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, dedicated to getting students into top colleges.

With 1,061 annual beneficiaries, Jaago Foundation aims to help bridge the educational quality gap between urban and rural students in Bangladesh.

Based on this information, Kissam makes several recommendations that could not only help to close the attainment gap between rural Hispanic students and their white peers but could also improve outcomes for all rural students:

However, in recent years, the two have come together to help improve educational opportunities for students in rural Idaho, sharing services for the good of the community.

Ryan concludes by offering five lessons for policymakers in rural states that could help improve educational opportunities for students:

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.

Expanded learning opportunities, such as «inter-sessions,» longer school days, after - school programs, and longer school years, should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low - income families are even less likely to complete high school, says a report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington - based...

As a recent graduate student in education policy at Harvard University, he received a fellowship that helped him conduct research into the lives of rural gay youths and the educators and other professionals who cross paths...

The article offers strategies for implementing a personalized learning, a student - centered approach to help the students develop deeper learning competencies, in rural schools.

It also calls attention to the urgency of providing more opportunities to rural students through partnership and collaboration with families, institutions, and communities, and shares strategic recommendations that will help policymakers and other stakeholders achieve this goal.

(Carl Glickman, Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy, Inc.) Minnesota New Country is one of the most important schools in the country: it demonstrates what can happen when students take ownership for their own learning and when teachers take ownership for the learning environment; it demonstrates that small rural schools can thrive and help all students succeed.

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.

This school's Creative Leadership Team plans to build a cross-discipline curriculum planning team, create highly motivating art - based units and authentic assessment guides, to help their rural, low income students see a broader world outside of their county.

More than 500 studies have validated that the Marzano Model helps teachers raise student achievement in rural, suburban, and urban environments.

Since 2012, YE has also launched three major new initiatives: an online version of its course, an affiliate program to help rural schools access the class, and an after - school program, YE Academy, which served more than 500 students in its first year.

The commitment to connect Quitman County students to a world of learning via technology helps level the playing field for these rural students through a school culture that embraces creativity and curiosity.

Before attending Columbia, Jamie spent two years teaching English to seventh and eighth graders at a rural public school in southwest China, where her students tried to help her overcome a fear of large insects by putting cicadas in her hair.

As the school to prison pipeline is growing in rural and urban communities across America, it's going to take adults to work more effectively together to ensure that we help students reach success.

School choice also includes open enrollment — allowing students to attend public schools outside their neighborhood boundaries — and distance learning options that can help connect children in rural communities.

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.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

(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.

(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.

The law would also set up a teacher cadet academy which would help rural high school students explore the teaching field.

«Students in Utah's rural communities deserve the same educational opportunities as students in urban areas,» Conine said, «USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, with local educational institutions, helps bridge the gap that distance creates, ensuring rural students achieve their goals of higher educationStudents in Utah's rural communities deserve the same educational opportunities as students in urban areas,» Conine said, «USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, with local educational institutions, helps bridge the gap that distance creates, ensuring rural students achieve their goals of higher educationstudents in urban areas,» Conine said, «USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, with local educational institutions, helps bridge the gap that distance creates, ensuring rural students achieve their goals of higher educationstudents achieve their goals of higher education.»

Becoming a teacher in Wyoming might mean working in more rural, agrarian regions of the state, but these areas are still in need of quality teachers who find intrinsic reward in helping all of their students receive the education they deserve.

On the rural Hawaiian island of Molokai, the Common Core is helping students prepare for college and careers that may be far from home.

The Blended Learning program will help teachers in seven rural West Virginia schools «blend» face - to - face instruction with online resources to provide engaging, technology - rich learning opportunities for students.

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.

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