But since most suburban and
rural districts hire from nearby colleges, this market mechanism won't mean a thing in much of the country.
Not exact matches
Meanwhile, a small
rural district in northern Louisiana, Winn Parish, found it difficult and cost - prohibitive to
hire and retain foreign language teachers.
South Carolina has
hired Edison Schools Inc. to try to improve student achievement in the struggling Allendale County school system, a poor
rural district entering its fifth school year under state control.
A: Some school
districts — especially in
rural areas — have trouble
hiring and keeping teachers in hard - to - fill fields like technology education.
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.
To Turn Challenges into Opportunities, a
Rural District Goes Open The newly hired superintendent of schools in a small, rural Illinois town was faced with two challe
Rural District Goes Open The newly
hired superintendent of schools in a small,
rural Illinois town was faced with two challe
rural Illinois town was faced with two challenges.
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Hire a «rural education coordinator,» who would play matchmaker between college students interested in teaching and rural school districts looking to hire educat
Hire a «
rural education coordinator,» who would play matchmaker between college students interested in teaching and
rural school
districts looking to
hire educat
hire educators.
The estimated costs to replace a teacher range from about $ 9,000 on average in a
rural district to, on average, more than $ 20,000 in an urban
district, drawing on the results of multiple studies that have evaluated what it costs to process a teacher's exit, as well as costs to recruit,
hire, and train new teachers.
«A
rural district I used to work in
hired a full time teacher to be a permanent sub in the
district and paid base wage plus benefits.
The newly
hired official would be charged with choosing a sampling of urban and
rural schools from around the state, with no more than one per school
district.
Dan Porter said a bill signed last spring allowed
rural school
districts to
hire retired teachers full - time without hurting their pensions.
The Public Employees Retirement Association estimates that, so far, 18
rural school
districts have
hired a total of 36 retirees.
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.