Sentences with phrase «most rural school districts»

In Tennessee's most rural school districts, nearly a third of students are graduating without the required two years of a foreign language.

Currently, the Sparsity Aid Program aims to offset the challenges faced by the smallest, most rural school districts in the state through providing $ 300 in per - pupil funding for districts with enrollments of 745 or less and a density of less than 10 pupils per square mile.

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School districts in the state of Vermont range from small (4,000 students in the district) to smaller (15 students in the most rural of schools), but one thing that looms large in each community is its schools.

Among the 10 most rural states, only Arkansas has charter schools, thanks in part to this powerful alliance with rural districts (although Reimagine Prep will open the first Mississippi charter school, in Jackson, in the fall of 2015).

Various political and economic pressures, constraints, and incentives may combine to induce some communities to convert their traditional school to a charter, but it is likely that the political power rural legislators and politicians enjoy will cement the status quo in most rural districts and hamper actions that promote chartering.

Most federal and state education policies ignore rural America's many natural advantages and force rural school districts to operate in ways similar to those in urban centers.

Some of these children live in small rural communities, but most reside in the Clark County school district surrounding Las Vegas.

The result, experts say, is that many rural districts still face a steep climb to meet long - term federal goals for school connectivity, even though most currently provide students with the minimum recommended bandwidth.

Simply put, the problems confronting urban school districts are bigger, costlier, more numerous, and tougher to overcome than those facing most rural and suburban systems.

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

Terry Ryan, president of the Idaho Charter School Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuSchool Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuschool districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural students.

The results suggest that the negative effects of entering a middle school are most pronounced in cities, but they remain sizable even in rural areas, confirming that the negative effects of configurations that separate the middle - school grades are by no means limited to urban school districts.

Inattention to small, rural districts no doubt reflects the fact that most students in the United States attend schools in larger districts, although smaller districts the vast majority of districts across the country..

While not a major force in most rural districts, brick - and - mortar charter schools — far more expensive to operate — can create turmoil in a small district, especially one that sets itself up as a competitor to the community's public schools.

High teacher turnover, slow and unreliable Internet connections, and the loss of art and music programming are all serious issues, but the most significant barrier faced by many rural districts is the rapidly growing cost of transporting students to and from school.

Most rural schools, including districts participating in the Idaho Leads initiative, the Idaho P - TECH network, Khan Academy in Idaho and other efforts, are already forging ahead with integrating technology into their work.

While most teacher residencies began in urban districts, consortia of rural districts and charter school organizations have also created them.

Further, why is it that over 75 % of those employed by schools across the country are female, yet only 18 % of superintenents across the country are female; and in most cases, those women superintendents are in charge of small rural K - 8 districts.

Tredway is senior associate for IEL's Leaders for Today and Tomorrow Project, a catalyst for engaging institutions of higher education, school districts, and nonprofits in uncovering and coordinating efforts in social justice preparation, particularly to support of urban and rural leaders in the most vulnerable schools.

Rural districts have seen their share of low - experience teachers grow most dramatically, from 17.6 percent of teachers in the 2010 - 11 school year to 25 percent in the 2015 - 16 school year.

Most studies show that suburban and rural school districts have lower attrition rates than urban districts.

Jim Wilson, Principal of Unalaska City School District, spoke to the critical role Mr. Conwell plays in the community, saying «Mr. Conwell has been on the forefront of transforming Unalaska City School District into one of the highest achieving and most recognized rural schools in the state of Alaska... Simply put, Mr. Conwell is the heartbeat of our school and in many ways our community.&School District, spoke to the critical role Mr. Conwell plays in the community, saying «Mr. Conwell has been on the forefront of transforming Unalaska City School District into one of the highest achieving and most recognized rural schools in the state of Alaska... Simply put, Mr. Conwell is the heartbeat of our school and in many ways our community.&School District into one of the highest achieving and most recognized rural schools in the state of Alaska... Simply put, Mr. Conwell is the heartbeat of our school and in many ways our community.&school and in many ways our community.»

The state's indifference to the plight of struggling districts contributed to the rupture between former state schools Superintendent John Barge and Deal, prompting Barge's infamous letter to the Legislature in which he wrote, «It is a travesty and a shame what our state is doing to our rural and most needy school districts.

Most studies, however, fail to pull out administrative costs as a separate entity in cost functions, as the cost of running schools are a combination of many factors such as student: teacher ratio, number of students from impoverished backgrounds, number of special education students, rural v. urban locations, labor costs, school size, and district size.

These are only a few examples of how today's ISDs serve urban, suburban and rural K — 12 districts, enabling even the most challenged school to offer otherwise unavailable educational opportunities to its students.

For this reason, NCTR recognizes that one of the most important indicators of a successful program is the degree to which it is in service to urban and rural school districts and its students.

One of us recently asked a local school district superintendent in a largely rural state to identify the most important qualities he looked for when hiring new teachers.