Sentences with phrase «on rural school districts»

Policy makers now turn to the Rural Schools Alliance when they have questions regarding the impact of legislation or policies on rural school districts.

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A rural Upstate New York school district that installed Wi - Fi on its school buses has seen improvement in students» behavior.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

He finished 139 votes behind Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former Senate aide who serves on a rural school board and had a de minimus public profile in the five - county district before two Super PACs spent $ 500,000 pushing her candidacy.

If Flanagan is so intent on keeping this seat he had better start realizing that our upstate rural school districts need a fair distribution of school aid.

This is a big benefit to suburban and rural school districts - especially those on Long Island.

The Senate and Assembly also want to wipe out this year the Gap Elimination Adjustment, which primarily reduced funding to suburban and rural school districts - especially districts on Long Island, where Flanagan is from.

In this rural county, where school buses still sometimes travel on dirt roads, the Flat Stanley Project allowed students «to see things they would never see,» says Pat Hendrickson, a district technology coach.

According to a G.A.O. report, which was done at the request of Representative William H. Natcher of Kentucky, chairman of the appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education, two - thirds of rural districts that receive federal drug - free school grants say the money covers more than half of their total drug - education program.

To identify more precisely the independent effects of the multiple factors affecting teachers» choices, we use regression analysis to estimate the separate effects of salary differences and school characteristics on the probability that a teacher will leave a school district in a given year, holding constant a variety of other factors, including class size and the type of community (urban, suburban, or rural) in which the district is located.

A 450 - student school district in rural East Texas last week canceled plans for its annual day on which girls dress as boys and vice versa, after a parent complained that the event smacked of promoting homosexuality.

The survey's findings were based on the responses of 1,337 school districts chosen from rural, suburban, and urban districts nationwide.

Because rural school communities vary widely, «generic» improvement plans designed for large urban districts usually do not work as well in rural settings, according to the authors of a new book on rural education programs.

When faced with soaring transportation costs and students on buses for as long as four hours each day, some rural school districts pared the fifth day of instruction into fourths and tacked this time onto the end of the remaining four weekdays, creating a four - day school week.

Drawing on interviews with female superintendents of urban, small - town, and rural school districts, the cofounder of the women's studies program at the University of Tulsa examines their contradictory experiences with power and subjection.

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.

Prior to taking on his current role, he was an Elementary Principal in two rural school districts, a school counselor, and taught at the elementary level.

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.

A report on rural schools looking at data from the 2013 - 14 school year found that more than 20 percent of all public school students in the United States are enrolled in rural school districts, which is over 9.7 million students.

She led some of them on visits to Opportunity Culture schools in Charlotte, which also has challenges retaining teachers in high - needs schools — but Edgecombe, she notes, has the added challenge of being a rural district.

Elimination of the regulations raises several concerns for school districts, including potential pass - through costs associated with data - heavy digital learning initiatives; a less innovative education technology environment based on potential discriminatory pricing for new market entrants; and heightened pricing and other vulnerabilities for rural and high cost districts that may only have access to a single broadband carrier.

The projects have served over 2,000 schools in more than 300 urban, suburban, and rural school districts in 36 states and Washington, D.C. Based on the core premise that educators have the greatest impact on student learning across various in - school factors, TIF awards competitive grants to States, districts, or partnerships with non-profit organizations.

Learn how school districts, including large urban and small rural schools, have paired on - demand video - based training with on - site coaching to increase the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of paraprofessionals supporting children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

In «Part Five: Three Perspectives On Launching A Residency from California State University, Fresno» Drs. Paul Beare, Cathy Yun and Lisa Bennett write about the university's important partnerships with both rural and urban school districts, their focus on teacher professional development and the rewards and challenges of building three different residencies — each with a unique focuOn Launching A Residency from California State University, Fresno» Drs. Paul Beare, Cathy Yun and Lisa Bennett write about the university's important partnerships with both rural and urban school districts, their focus on teacher professional development and the rewards and challenges of building three different residencies — each with a unique focuon teacher professional development and the rewards and challenges of building three different residencies — each with a unique focus.

About one - third of children in rural districts and about 37 percent in New York City were considered proficient in the skills they need in English and math, while just an average of 16 percent of students in upstate city schools performed well on the tests.

As superintendents of rural schools in 106 districts across Arizona, we at the Arizona Rural Schools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school funrural schools in 106 districts across Arizona, we at the Arizona Rural Schools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school fschools in 106 districts across Arizona, we at the Arizona Rural Schools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school funRural Schools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school fSchools Association are in support of the effort that Governor Doug Ducey has undertaken to develop a valuable proposal that moves our state in the right direction on the issue of school funding.

Many of these low - spending districts are rural, but some are in suburban or urban areas, such as Cypress - Fairbanks Independent School District on the outskirts of Houston and Burbank Unified School District outside Los Angeles.

This pilot program worked with 20 K - 12 schools in rural and urban districts, engaging more than 3,000 students and educators in partnerships that examined and took action on issues students thought were important.

«If they cut teacher assistants, it will have a major impact on transporting our students,» said Dr. Cheryl Benson, Assistant Superintendent for Franklin County Schools, a largely rural district just east of Wake County.

Highly Qualified Teachers Enrolled in Programs Providing Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification or Licensure (2015) summarizes state - and district - level data on the numbers of full - time equivalent (FTE) highly qualified teachers who were enrolled in alternative route programs for three groups of teachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school districts.

Federal School Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themsSchool Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themsschool districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themselves.

Currently, 53 percent of schools in the United States are rural, according to the report, yet only 17 percent of state funds, on average, go to rural districts, despite higher costs in rural and smaller schools.

The findings were also based on interviews with school leaders from eight districts across Montana, representing both urban and rural districts and varying in size.

The report also calls on Congress to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, increase funding for career and technical education programs, expand the Community Eligibility Provision so more students in high - poverty schools can receive free meals, improve schools» access to Medicaid funding for health and mental health services provided to students, and adjust the Title I funding formula so that it's «accurately and more meaningfully» allocated to rural school districts.

The law encourages local districts to submit teacher pay proposals for the pilot that could look like one of two distinct models: either pitch a plan that would reward teachers on the basis of how well their students do on tests, or present an idea for paying teachers who work in hard to staff subject areas or rural / high poverty schools and / or taking on additional leadership roles to improve student success.

Noel Candelaria, president of the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA), says lawmakers from rural districts understand the role schools play in their communities and the constant financial pressure they operate under on a daily basis.

During an education committee hearing on the bill, Mike Motheral, executive director of the Texas Small Rural School Finance Coalition, said 14 of the districts he represents could lose up as much as 53 percent of their state revenue with the end of the state aid program.

With informed consent 430 students in Grades 2 through 6 from two elementary schools in a large, suburban - rural school district were pretested and post-tested on the Children's Attitudes Toward

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.

Encourage the National Center for Education Statistics to collect data on teacher recruitment and retention that would allow for a comparative analysis of the teacher shortage in states and districts by school level (elementary, middle, high); subject area; geographic region (rural, suburban, urban); gender; and race.

The center is focused on locating, preparing and supporting effective educators in Colorado rural school districts.

As superintendent of Cross County School District in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conneSchool District in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conDistrict in Cherry Valley, Ark., McClure implemented a school turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conneschool turnaround program focused on the whole child that transformed all the schools in his rural district from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world condistrict from School Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world conneSchool Improvement Status to successful schools that prioritize teaching standards that are relevant to students and have a real - world connection.

NEA has called on Congress to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self - Determination Act, (SRS) which provides critical assistance to rural districts whose funding depends largely on federal timber sales, which have declined precipitously in recent yRural Schools and Community Self - Determination Act, (SRS) which provides critical assistance to rural districts whose funding depends largely on federal timber sales, which have declined precipitously in recent yrural districts whose funding depends largely on federal timber sales, which have declined precipitously in recent years.

Holtz's path began in an elementary school classroom in rural Minnesota, included a stint on a police force in Whitewater and traveled to five elementary principal and school district superintendent positions across Wisconsin.

The unique struggles facing these rural students is apparent in Idaho, where 88 percent of school districts are located in rural areas and only 52 percent of high school seniors go on to postsecondary education.

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The bill requests an increase in funding to school district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool district between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school didistrict between $ 222 - 450 per student, provides $ 30M to be allocated to rural school districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool districts (approximately $ 89,700 for Hanover School District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distSchool District), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school diDistrict), a permanent buy down of $ 150M on the current $ 850M budget stabilization factor (approximately $ 60,000 for Hanover School District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distSchool District), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school diDistrict), and a reduction in state reporting requirements for rural school distschool districts.

Rural districts throughout the State are implementing innovative programs and curriculums with high impact on their students and schools.

The legislature was focused on the problems in Denver and other Front Range school districts, taking little notice of the good work being done in the rest of Colorado, particularly in Colorado's small, rural schools.