Sentences with phrase «public schools in rural areas»

And like most public schools in rural areas, these private schools would face significant challenges recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, providing differentiated and challenging content, providing support for students with special needs, and more.

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This project aim at delivering a total of 4.59 MV of sustainable power to rural, riverine and public boarding secondary schools, 172 of them and 11 primary health centres located within the rural areas in Ikorodu, Badagry, Epe and Ibeju - Lekki,» he said.

«Around the world, people are leaving rural areas and moving into cities, potentially creating new opportunities to restore forests on abandoned farmland,» said co-author David Wilcove, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs in Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Princeton Environmental Instpublic affairs in Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Princeton Environmental InstPublic and International Affairs and the Princeton Environmental Institute.

In many instances, public transportation is not available in rural areas, so I decided that I was going to attend a school that was located in or very close to a metropolitan areIn many instances, public transportation is not available in rural areas, so I decided that I was going to attend a school that was located in or very close to a metropolitan arein rural areas, so I decided that I was going to attend a school that was located in or very close to a metropolitan arein or very close to a metropolitan area.

[5] This central finding, together with our study, only reinforces our ultimate conclusion: it is critical to consider what kinds of choices we are offering families in urban, suburban and rural areas across the country, and in charter or traditional public schools alike.

While the national, state, and metro area analysis comprised the bulk of our report, we did, in fact, examine the segregation of students in charter and traditional public schools by geography — comparing students in these school sectors within cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

We did, in fact, examine the segregation of students in charter and traditional public schools by geography — comparing students in these school sectors within cities, suburbs, and rural areas.

Senator Patty Murray has argued that, for students in rural areas, «their public school is the only real option and claims to the contrary only amount to «false choice.

And in New Mexico, public officials are following the lead of other states and looking to support bulk purchasing of school bandwidth, possibly via new regional hubs that would make it easier for more providers to reach rural and remote areas with affordable Internet service.

More suburban public school parents anticipate that their child will go to a four - year college full time (57 %) than parents who live in urban areas (45 %) or rural areas (38 %).

Hoxby says, citing one of Massachusetts» best - performing and wealthiest suburban school districts to point out a flaw in any attempt to compare charter schools, which are very often located either in inner cities or rural areas, with American public schools in general.

Even charter schools, which are financed through public revenues, have yet to flourish in many rural areas.

And while the challenges in Milwaukee are steep, many public schools around the state, particularly in rural areas, struggle just as much to educate disadvantaged children.

With the support of this public - private alliance, Brad will be leading an initiative to work with around 30 small schools in a rural area to develop a model of group purchasing and other innovative measures that will deliver tasty, nutritious food to children while also enabling the meals service to break even.

And often in these areas, particularly in rural and suburban areas, the largest employer is the public school system.

This year's eight fellows were selected from a pool of over 1200 applications from teachers and instructional specialists serving in traditional public and charter schools, as well as alternative and private schools; from nearly every state, grade level and instructional area, and who teach in a wide variety of urban, rural and suburban settings.

In order to improve rural schools, authors recommend federal policymakers stop promoting private school vouchers as a way to expand educational opportunities in rural areas, and to instead boost educational opportunities in local public schools by increasing efforts to modernize rural classrooms and integrate technology into teaching and learninIn order to improve rural schools, authors recommend federal policymakers stop promoting private school vouchers as a way to expand educational opportunities in rural areas, and to instead boost educational opportunities in local public schools by increasing efforts to modernize rural classrooms and integrate technology into teaching and learninin rural areas, and to instead boost educational opportunities in local public schools by increasing efforts to modernize rural classrooms and integrate technology into teaching and learninin local public schools by increasing efforts to modernize rural classrooms and integrate technology into teaching and learning.

Lowcountry Leadership Charter School will be the fulfillment of a long standing need for high quality public education in the rural West Ashley area of Charleston County.

-- California charter public schools grew significantly this 2011 - 12 school year, opening at high numbers statewide, and serving more students and families in both urban and rural areas, according to data released by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA)schools grew significantly this 2011 - 12 school year, opening at high numbers statewide, and serving more students and families in both urban and rural areas, according to data released by the California Charter Schools Association (CCSA)Schools Association (CCSA) today.

The Huffington Post Betsy DeVos Visits Public School, Insists School Choice Can Work In Rural Areas

Valdosta, like rural and metro areas across Georgia, are demanding the creation of more high quality public school options in K - 12 education.

Rural districts rely heavily on public schools, and many in those areas fear a voucher program could take away resources from their schools.

The DAR supports several schools throughout the country that began in rural and disadvantaged areas where public education was not accessible.

The state offered to connect public schools with the computer network that links universities, which also would have extended high - speed internet to schools in rural areas of Louisiana with little access.

In particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they do not serve students in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SOIn particular, the study found severe accountability problems with both programs, most notably: they do not serve students in rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SOin rural areas where there were virtually no private schools or scholarship organizations (SOs) present; they fund primarily religious schools, which are not required to be accredited or adhere to the same standards for curricula as public schools; they do not require the same testing requirements as public schools, making it impossible to gauge student achievement; and they do not require reporting by schools or SOs.

PARSS began in 1983 as a group of public school superintendents who expressed concern that Pennsylvania students in rural and small school districts did not have access to the same quality of education afforded to students attending school in the more metropolitan areas of the state.

Vouchers don't provide an actual choice for students living in rural areas who have few, if any, access points to schools other than their local public schools.

The problem seems especially acute for public school districts in rural areas, where...

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