Sentences with phrase «rural education in areas»

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He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educaRural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to educarural areas of western China by providing access to education.

but it does happens mostly in rural area areas or at very poor communities where girls have no education but just work at their homes or farm fields or when families are poor and needed the marriage money to support the rest of kids they have..

In line with this mandate, the management of the scheme has over the years deployed service persons to areas such as agriculture, education, health, local government and rural development.

The distribution of funding for education takes account of the extra costs of delivery in rural areas.»

The cost of living is lower in most rural areas than in most urban areas, although part of that lower cost of living is attributable to subsidies of rural governmental functions, (like road and bridge maintenance and K - 12 education), by residents of more urban areas.

One implication of the different spatial distribution of people by race is that lots of metropolitan areas have de facto segregated schools, while Brown v. Board of Education and the cases that followed were quite effective in requiring schools in small towns and rural areas with racially mixed populations to be integrated, since they don't have many schools period and don't have nearly as great residential segregation into large nearly mono - racial groups of neighborhoods the way that many large cities do.

The report suggested several reasons for the rural - urban disparity, including the increased transportation costs youth incur to travel to work or education in rural areas and the high cost to companies to deliver employment or training in less urban environments.

He said the team would visit 10 schools in the urban and rural areas of the state to inspect the impact of the free school feeding programme of the state as well as other education intervention.

Eluned Parrott AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Transport Minister, said: «Welsh Liberal Democrats fought for this discount because we know just how hard it is for young people to access work, education or training — particularly in the most rural areas of Wales.

China's economy was growing rapidly, but «children from rural areas with poor educations or in bad health didn't have the capabilities» to take advantage of new economic opportunities, says Luo Renfu, a longtime Rozelle collaborator and economist at Peking University in Beijing.

A newly published observational study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University has found that increased levels of education, particularly for those who grew up in low - income rural areas, was significantly associated...

«The highest incidence among prediabetes and diabetes occurs in those individuals with lower income, less education and to a large degree who live in rural areas,» he said.

By that, I mean, everything that has shaped you; your education, gender, upbringing, whether you live in a rural area or urban, the color of your skin, your family relationship, if you have allergies, if you work with physical or health considerations, whether you have been sexually assaulted... and on and on

South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper Jr. ruled Dec. 29 in favor of eight small, rural districts, saying the state fails to provide the youngest children in those areas «the opportunity to obtain a minimally adequate education.»

As part of the larger TFA model, each region believes that one day all kids can receive a great education, but how to reach that is specific to each region, especially given its unique local context, whether in a large urban area or small rural area.

Following the introduction of the pre-school education program, student attendance in participating rural areas has reached 95 per cent, parent attendance in the program is 90 per cent and all children accessing ANEER have transitioned to primary school.

Problems exist in large urban districts and in low - income rural areas, elites often concede, but they have convinced themselves that at least their own children are receiving an excellent education in their affluent suburban districts.

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.

Besides, the existence of «Ghost schools» predominantly in the rural areas of Pakistan have also deteriorated the education system of the country.

In January this year, it was reported that poor broadband puts children's education at risk in rural areaIn January this year, it was reported that poor broadband puts children's education at risk in rural areain rural areas.

Maria Walker, director of education and children's services in Aberdeenshire, stated that the best way to recruit teachers to more rural areas is to «grow your own» and train up local people that would like to go into teaching.

An education system that is lackluster in urban America is perhaps even more so in rural areas.

To make things more difficult, all education beyond the most elementary level is done in English, a foreign language to Ugandans, and one that in rural areas is rarely heard outside the classroom.

Many Alaska Natives — often living in remote rural areas — have struggled with access to education, she says.

Students from high schools with the highest concentrations of Hispanic students and those located in rural areas, as well as students whose parents have less formal education, experience the largest increases in four - year bachelor's degree completion (4 to 8 percentage points) and in the likelihood of attending a college with a Barron's ranking of «most competitive.»

There, with the help of professional guests and practitioners, disclose various topics concerning education in rural areas regarding their various stakeholders: students, families, teachers, institutions and the media.

The problem — especially acute in urban and rural districts and in the hard - to - fill areas of special education, mathematics, and science — is so severe that

The radio plays a very important role in organizing farmers, particularly in rural areas, as do numerous agricultural extension workers who carry out education - information communication activities.

«Rural education is so context - dependent,» says Tieken, who is researching schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, and has also taught in rural areas of Vermont and TenneRural education is so context - dependent,» says Tieken, who is researching schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, and has also taught in rural areas of Vermont and Tennerural areas of Vermont and Tennessee.

Strategies to increase leadership opportunities and provide mentoring in this area included the New South Wales education department's Rural School Leadership Program targeting early career ATSI teachers and Principals Australia Institute's Dare to Lead program, supported by the Australian Council for Educational Research.

06, a current doctoral student working on research in U.S. rural areas, particularly the rural South, and an editor of the Harvard Education Review.

There are five elements to the Lights to Learn, which offers access to quality education in rural areas of Latin America that often don't have access to electricity.

The October 2014 issue of RPM examines the Seattle - area school shooting in light of other information on school violence; delves into a raft of research on college - going rates; considers new information on student well - being in the U.S.; examines education issues in next month's elections; and shares information about initiatives in which the Rural Trust is involved.

Grow - your - own programs could be delivered in rural areas using distance - learning options provided by higher education institutions and district - provided coaching and mentoring — giving prospective teachers greater access to high - quality training while remaining in their local community.

That said, there is considerable evidence of staffing difficulties in specific subjects (e.g., STEM and special education) and in specific types of schools (e.g., rural schools or schools serving disadvantaged students), which suggests that policies aimed at addressing these true shortage areas must be targeted to these specific teachers and schools.

A: Some school districts — especially in rural areas — have trouble hiring and keeping teachers in hard - to - fill fields like technology education.

It includes four strands: (1) development of a tool (the «Framework») to guide teachers» design of student learning experiences, (2) enhancement of teachers» leadership skills (particularly related to sharing leadership for instructional improvement), (3) dissemination efforts that support understanding and use of the Framework across levels of the education system and in all areas of the state, and (4) provision of a platform that provides rural areas in Colorado with easy access to the Framework and extends access to and use of the Framework across the nation and the globe.

Each of the applications will be subject to peer review in the context of five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics education; supporting the implementation of high academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has previously dodged questions over a potential climbdown after Conservative MPs and councillors voiced their discomfort, especially over the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

In rural areas and American Indian and Alaska Native communities, adequately staffing schools, particularly in hard - to - fill positions such as Special Education and STEM fields, and providing professional development for the teachers they do have, is an immediate concerIn rural areas and American Indian and Alaska Native communities, adequately staffing schools, particularly in hard - to - fill positions such as Special Education and STEM fields, and providing professional development for the teachers they do have, is an immediate concerin hard - to - fill positions such as Special Education and STEM fields, and providing professional development for the teachers they do have, is an immediate concern.

The E-Rate program is a vital source of assistance in maintaining Internet connectivity, bringing new learning opportunities to special education students, and enhancing distance learning in rural areas.

(September 1, 2015, Columbia, MD) Charter Schools Development Corporation (CSDC) is pleased to announce that it has received a $ 5 million grant under the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Credit Enhancement for Charter Schools Facilities Program that will enable the organization to expand its lending and development capacity to multiple charter schools over a broad geographic area, with a new emphasis on serving schools located in rural communities.

Trump's secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, supports vouchers, virtual schools, and other education policies that will harm students in rural areas and small towns.

Their dedication to improving education in small rural areas is putting the small schools principles into practice.

Small rural schools in impoverished areas of Columbia have adopted the Escuela Nueva model, a model that encourages students to be active - participants in their own education.

As an education consultant, Maria Gonzalez provides professional learning to teachers and leaders in diverse districts in both urban and rural areas.

It's a model that Betsy DeVos, the U.S. Secretary of Education, has called for, claiming that virtual schools can offer «valuable options» in rural areas, where educators are eager to expand courses, as long as they don't have to push already tight budgets or direct student funding away from schools.

Both competitions will fund projects across five priority areas: supporting effective teachers and principals; promoting science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; helping implement rigorous academic content standards and high - quality assessments; turning around low - performing schools; and improving graduation rates in rural schools.

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 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.