Sentences with phrase «of rural high school»

Always an advocate of learning, he was valedictorian of his rural high school and the first in his southern New Jersey family to attend college, earning his A.B. in History from Harvard, magna cum laude, and was awarded a summa cum laude on his thesis on John Ruskin.

While promising economic growth in rural states, this model doesn't directly address the needs of rural high school students who aren't within driving distance of, or willing to relocate for, good jobs in their state.

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He read the Billings Gazette and the St. Paul Pioneer Press to figure out which high school students were putting up big points in rural parts of the country.

The American system of education makes it possible for a poor boy living in a great city to carry himself through college and even through certain professional schools free, whereas a similar boy living in a rural community will be Stopped alter high school by the costs of transportation to the state - college town and by the cost of board and food away from home.

I recall some twenty - three years ago when, as a young seminarian serving a congregation of tenant farm families in rural Virginia, one of my duties was to teach a class for high school students each Sunday morning.

A rural high school in Utah will not have the mythical handheld medical equipment needed to diagnose a concussion instantly, nor have officials with the resources and support needed to parse out the complexities of the latest targeting rules.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Her genial foil is Paul Rudd, who runs a rural New Hampshire high school that's a progressive Eden of alternative educational grooviness.

Produced and directed by visionary youth sports parenting expert and author, Brooke de Lench, and drawing both on her experience as a parent of a concussed high school football and lacrosse player and as the founder and publisher of MomsTEAM.com ®, the acknowledged «pioneer» in youth sports concussion education, «The Smartest Team» documents how de Lench worked with a high school in rural Oklahoma to address the challenges concussions pose in football.

They are the extension of electricity to rural communities in the Saboba District, the construction of a community senior high school at Wapuli in the district, the near completion of a Ghana Commercial Bank in Saboba and the construction of the Yendi - Saboba - Chereponi road.

The administration of H.E John Dramani Mahama has really brought us hope with the many infrastructural projects dotted across the length and breadth of the kingdom such as the various Community Day Senior High School projects at various stages of completion such the Sapeliga SHS, Binduri SHS and Garu SHS, the Tamme Irrigation Dam, the Garu District Hospital, the Bawku Town Water system, the massive rural Electrification Expansion projects etc We are also glad that the Eastern Corridor Fiber Optic Cable which extends to the Bawku was successfully laid awaiting the next phase.

Horseheads High School is a public institution for secondary education (grades 9 — 12) in the rural town of Horseheads, New York.

Levels of gang activity in a school are also closely related to its safety, and some schools may be safe for some students and not for others (e.g. a gay student is at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many schools, and black students are at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many rural predominantly white schools).

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

Voters at Nottingham High School, Jamesville - DeWitt High School and Lafayette Fire Station # 1 election districts will use the new technology this year, presenting an array of urban, suburban and rural polling places.

Majee, along with Urmeka Jefferson, assistant professor in the MU Sinclair School of Nursing, partnered with a county health agency serving a rural community with a population of 21,500 people; a high percentage of the communities» jobs were low - paying manufacturing jobs, and the population possessed poor education.

I was raised in Lake Francis, Manitoba, and I attended a rural high school northwest of Winnipeg.

Researchers worked with two groups of children: a primary age group in rural South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, where a tidal surge breached the banks of the Humber; and a high school group in urban Staines - upon - Thames, Surrey where the Government declared a state of emergency and the army was drafted in to assist emergency services cope with tidal, rainfall, river and groundwater flooding.

At the end of her lecture she took a few moments to outline another of her passions, namely, enabling science learning in high - schools in rural Tanzania and encouraged the participants to join her in this honorable venture.

The former high school drop - out from rural Mexicali triumphed over lack of finances and family tragedy to join the incoming Class of... More...

One of the worst athletes in his tiny junior high school in rural Wrightsville, Georgia.

Researchers from The Pennsylvania State University conducted an intervention to test the effect of using herbs and spices to increase vegetable intake in rural middle and high school students.

One day while working at a shady nightclub he gets a surprise visit from his former coach, who brings him a special offer - a gig at a rural high school coaching a rag - tag weightlifting team comprised of outcasts and misfits.

While being transported through the scenic rural areas of Washington, Carden's men attempt to spring him out of their protection, and they almost succeed until the U.S. Marshal, knowing he is likely to die but not wanting a dangerous killer like Carden free, hands over custody to a civilian, a high school teacher named Ray Keene and his son, Chris (Anderson).

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The nonprofit organization recruits high - achieving seniors from top colleges and asks them to commit themselves to two years of teaching in inner - city or rural schools.

The district consists of high - poverty to middle - class schools, rural, suburban, and demographically diverse urban schools — including one where over 60 languages are spoken.

Robert Foster, of rural Caldwell, Idaho, added online courses to his high school schedule to make up for missing credits and graduate on time.

School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaSchool districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaschool open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.

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.

There was an explosion of high school construction throughout the country, particularly in rural areas.

The first U.S. - based high school accredited by the government of Japan is struggling to survive in rural Tennessee and is considering recruiting American students to stay in business.

The formula included weights for housing prices, minority, English - as a second language learners, children with special needs, children who are permitted free school meals, schools located in rural under - privileged areas, rusting economic areas and with high percentages of «working classes».

«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

In the case of Donza Worden, who I profile in the piece, this meant taking advanced courses in finance that his small rural high school could not offer.

Typically, urban and rural schools serving poor and minority students have the highest turnover rates, and as a result they have the highest percentages of first - year teachers, the highest percentages of teachers with fewer than five years of teaching experience, the lowest paid teachers, and the lowest percentages of accomplished teachers.

A majority favor funding for high schools offering advanced courses for students online and for high schools that offer rural students a broader range of courses online.

Ben Merrill, principal of southwestern Idaho's small, rural Notus Junior / Senior High School and superintendent for the Notus School District, says, «Out here, when I have an opening for a teacher in advanced science or math, I may get two to three applicants, all right out of college — no one with a master's degree.

We have these school divisions and the urban areas have [high populations] and obviously big school divisions, but the rural divisions have struggled to maintain a variety of course offerings to high school students in their really small schools.

It's an effort to bring young college journalists to rural high schools to teach students how to find, collect, and produce news stories about pressing local issues, and by their work bring these issues to the attention of local, regional, and state media.

Students from Rochester High School, located in a rural area two hours north of Indianapolis, earn up to 30 college credits by taking courses online from Tri-County College.

It is hardly surprising that only a minority of rural children gets into secondary school, and only a small part of that group goes on to higher education.

Similar to our analysis of charter schools, access to private schools is much higher for families from urban areas relative to families from rural areas (although the difference is not as large).

Several rural school districts in northeast Texas have been besieged by both rumors and reporters following the announcement that 6 of 197 students in one area high school tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.

Rural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrRural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural, budget - tight districts.

The strongest effects are among students whose high schools have the highest concentrations of Hispanic students or are in more rural environments (see Figure 4).

Paula R. Stephenson, the executive director of the Colorado Rural Schools Caucus, a Denver - based organization, criticized the new requirements at a meeting of the Colorado Commission on Higher Education on March 2.

We also confirm that we obtain similar results when we control for student characteristics measured at or before the PSAT / NMSQT, including sex, parental education, family income level, whether a student took the PSAT / NMSQT in 10th grade and his or her previous score, indicators for ethnic background (for example, Mexican, Cuban), and controls for the type of high school attended, including affiliation (public or private), urbanicity (that is, city, suburban, rural), size, and concentration of Hispanic students.

The Texas educators attending came from nearly 70 communities throughout the state representing a mix of rural, urban, and suburban districts as well as elementary, middle, and high school principals.