Sentences with phrase «in rural schools»

Those student teachers would be required to commit to teaching in rural school districts for two years after graduation.

The trend has long been that successful students in rural schools leave after high school.

What works to improve teaching in an urban school district, for example, may not work in a rural school district, and vice versa.

However, the communication tools we do have are pretty incredible and interactive technologies are having a huge impact on the way we deliver education in our rural schools.

In 16 states, one - third or more of all public school students are enrolled in rural school districts.

Teachers in rural schools will be able to convert their unused sick leave into one year of retirement credit.

The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural school children: A follow - up study.

In turn, students can become enthusiastic, engaged learners, teachers and leaders in rural schools.

Regardless of region or resources, community engagement in rural schools is a way to overcome local disadvantages and promote success.

Teachers working in rural schools only have access to local networks or have to travel great distances to access the professional development needed.

The spread of online and blended learning holds particular promise in rural schools.

For example, over a decade ago the earliest online courses filled a gap in rural schools that couldn't afford a full - time AP teacher.

Among other things, conversations will include international rural education, teacher recruitment and retention, identity in rural communities, gender and sexual diversity in rural schools, and indigenous education.

We need to raise awareness about rural education because many of our students are living in rural school districts.

In order for children to succeed in rural schools, school leaders must build strong supports around a bold new agenda to ensure that teachers succeed as well.

In that three - year period, there was a 55 percent increase in minority students in rural schools, with some states experiencing an astonishing 100 percent increase.

07, who just completed her third year as a doctoral student and is focusing on special education in rural schools, particularly as it affects low - income Latino and African American students.

Nearly 20 percent of the country's students are enrolled in rural schools, yet are not provided the same focus in national policy or research as students in urban and suburban school districts.

This practical use of social networking is especially helpful to student teachers working in rural schools, some of which have limited access to technology.

Many of us have taught in rural schools in the United States and abroad, and several of us plan to move back to those communities after our time at HGSE.

The FRS publication, A Guidebook for Success: Strategies for Implementing Personalized Learning in Rural Schools, helps education leaders capitalize on existing assets while addressing their community's challenges.

There is little help for the growing number of children in rural schools who speak limited English.

Student teachers who agree to teach in a rural school for at least two years would receive stipends and current rural teachers who want to earn a National Board Certification could receive grants under the legislation.

The most recent poverty rate for non-rural schools is about 21 percent, while the rate in rural schools increased to around 23 percent.

With enrollment in rural schools on the rise, will education in small - town America finally get the attention it deserves?

NOTE: William Marsons class of 32 sixth - graders was one of five sixth - grades in a rural school of 1,000 students.

Innovation Amid Financial Scarcity: The Opportunity in Rural Schools In this paper, published by the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, Marguerite Roza explores spending and outcomes data of rural schools and highlights policy implications for states seeking improved outcomes for all their districts in the context of limited resources.

Arizona Rural School's Association is dedicated to improving instruction and promoting quality education for all students in rural schools throughout the state.

Certainly the autonomy that charter laws afford could be put to good use in rural schools, which labor under rules often designed for their urban cousins.

Helping Teachers Feel Successful (and Stay) in Rural Alaska June 16, 2015 Education Northwest edited the May 2015 edition of the Peabody Journal of Education, which focused on challenges and opportunities in rural school improvement.

We visited a Plan project that focuses on early education through playgroups in rural schools.

Although he is decades older than the other students in the rural school near his home, Maruge takes the government's announcement seriously and begs to be admitted into the classroom.

Tory MP Geoffrey Clifton - Brown also disagreed with the new funding formula proposed by the government, saying that it would be «unfair» and would affect more pupils in rural schools.

Their analysis of 13 federal, state, and local improvement efforts in rural schools suggests that a longstanding «urban bias» in education policymaking has resulted in programs that do not take the variety and special characteristics of rural communities into account — and thus are less effective than they could be.

Growth in rural school enrollment continues to outpace non-rural enrollment growth in the United States, and rural schools continue to grow more complex with increasing rates of poverty, diversity, and students with special needs.

Even conservative education leaders like Checker Finn, who helmed the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, agree that private school choice is untenable in rural schools.

A combination of factors created a perfect storm for Boettcher Teacher Residency's burgeoning interest in rural school districts.

The results of a large - scale randomized controlled trial of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation (CBC) on student outcomes and teacher - parent relationships in rural schools are presented.

A randomized trial examining the effects of Conjoint Behavioral Consultation in rural schools: Student outcomes and the mediating role of the teacher - parent relationship.

Issues in rural schools can include fewer resources for students and teachers; lack of access to professional development and student training opportunities; community isolation; students having the same teachers for multiple subjects and grade levels; and fewer extracurricular activities.

By facilitating active, engaged and educational roles for students through Meaningful Student Involvement, the approach can be essential for retaining learners, graduating students and decreasing the brain drain in rural schools.

«By paying a greater portion of health insurance premiums, some districts use this as a strategy to attract and maintain quality employees in rural schools.»

A teacher in a rural school said, «I can get answers to questions, advice on issues, assistance with lesson plans in a matter of moments from anywhere in the world,» and «I use Twitter when I run out of ideas for finding a resource.»

Working With the Colorado Department of Education to ensure that regulations, guidance and supports can be implemented effectively in rural school districts.

Swennes been in education for 17 years, all of those spent in rural school districts in Eastern Colorado; this is her 8th year as principal in the Big Sandy School District.

«The kids get it» when it comes to understanding violence as not just about mass shootings in suburban schools but about lives lost and futures damaged in rural schools and urban communities as well.

[T] here is quiet crisis taking place in rural schools across America in a neglected corner far from the debates that rage over education reform.

Alison Ruff, a primary teacher in Leicestershire, said: «The difference in levels of funding between rural and urban areas creates poverty in rural schools.