Sentences with phrase «rural education opportunities»

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Quality of education — Students in rural schools might not have the same opportunities to take Advanced Placement or college preparation courses, or participate in sports, music or other extra-curricular activities.

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.

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.»

Within the context of the rural Africa, education holds the key to opportunities that can offset the occurrence or recurrence of violence.

Access and Credit Recovery are Main Drivers for Districts: Districts with distance education enrollments say that providing courses not otherwise available (64 % of all districts, 73 % of rural) and credit recovery (57 % of all districts, 81 % of large) are very important reasons for offering these opportunities.

Or consider College Options in Shasta, Siskiyou and other northern California counties, which is a partnership between county offices of education, institutions of higher education and others that is designed to increase opportunities for students in these rural communities to pursue postsecondary education.

Political, philanthropic, and education leaders should focus on creating the policy conditions, supporting the entrepreneurs, and more fully integrating the industry opportunities that can best address rural education improvement.

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.

Although TFA is by no means the entire solution to the problems facing public education, or even our teacher shortage, TFA is helping to redefine the educational and economic opportunities available in rural and urban communities.

«We believe that HGSE, as one of the world's leading academic institutions, has the responsibility to change the conversation in order to improve student opportunity, achievement, and success in rural communities,» she says, stressing that rural education needs to be part of the dialogue around providing quality education to all.

«Every student deserves the opportunity to receive an education that prepares them for future success, whether they live in an urban, suburban, or rural community,» said Gentzel.

What do you think states should do to improve rural education or opportunities for rural students?

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.

NSBA partnered with the Alliance for Excellent Education; American Federation of Teachers; Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning; Coalition for Community Schools; National Education Association; Opportunity Action; the National Opportunity to Learn Campaign; and the Rural School and Community Trust to release the guide.

Our members are united, however, in their commitment to increasing resources, celebrating rural education and sharing best practices to ensure that all of Colorado's students have access to world - class education and opportunities.

This policy brief from the Education Commission of the States explores strategies for expanding access to dual enrollment opportunities in rural states and communities.

Helping Teachers Feel Successful (and Stay) in Rural Alaska June 16, 2015 Education Northwest edited the May 2015 edition of the Peabody Journal of Education, which focused on challenges and opportunities in rural school improveRural Alaska June 16, 2015 Education Northwest edited the May 2015 edition of the Peabody Journal of Education, which focused on challenges and opportunities in rural school improverural school improvement.

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«Schools are very diverse, and too often we look at the education system through the lens of a large urban school and we don't consider what it might mean to implement this in a smaller rural school without those opportunities for savings.»

«Students in Utah's rural communities deserve the same educational opportunities as students in urban areas,» Conine said, «USDA's Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program, with local educational institutions, helps bridge the gap that distance creates, ensuring rural students achieve their goals of higher education.»

Danette Parsley, Education Northwest; Liz Cox, Boston College Rural school educators are often isolated and have few opportunities to learn from neighboring schools or colleagues.

Many districts — especially urban, inner suburban and rural, serving very high - need student populations — continue to struggle from a lack of sufficient funding, which makes it impossible to provide all students with the opportunity for a high quality education.

Filed and actively pursue an equity lawsuit constructed to ensure a fair and appropriate amount of state funding and equal opportunities for a thorough and efficient education for students in small and rural school districts

Rural, suburban, urban, gifted, special education, English language learner, poor, minority — it simply doesn't matter... When we as adults do our job and give them opportunities to succeed, all of our children can be extraordinarily successful.

Dr. Muhammad observed a void in the field of education in the area of authentic and powerful professional development opportunities for urban and rural educators.

I know from friends in different parts of the country that art education budgets have been slashed but there seems to be tremendous opportunities in the rural Kentucky city and county where we reside.

The most limited opportunities for education and economic advancement were found in rural areas.

When poor children are more likely to get sick and die than children in wealthier neighborhoods just across town; when rural families are more likely to go without clean water; when ethnic and religious minorities, or people with disabilities, or people of different sexual orientations are discriminated against or can't access education and opportunity — that holds all of us back.

Like most women in rural Nepali communities, Basanti was married at an early age and didn't have the opportunity to continue her education after the 10th grade.

[16] Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Education Access, National Inquiry into Rural and Remote Education, (August 2000).