Sentences with phrase «rural high school students»

The law would also set up a teacher cadet academy which would help rural high school students explore the teaching field.

While promising economic growth in rural states, this model doesn't directly address the needs of rural high school students who aren't within driving distance of, or willing to relocate for, good jobs in their state.

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He read the Billings Gazette and the St. Paul Pioneer Press to figure out which high school students were putting up big points in rural parts of the country.

A small, rural school district in southwest Texas is introducing what may be the first wind turbine technician program for U.S. high school students,...

I recall some twenty - three years ago when, as a young seminarian serving a congregation of tenant farm families in rural Virginia, one of my duties was to teach a class for high school students each Sunday morning.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

Levels of gang activity in a school are also closely related to its safety, and some schools may be safe for some students and not for others (e.g. a gay student is at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many schools, and black students are at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many rural predominantly white schools).

The least poorly funded schools tend to be rural schools in low income rural areas with an insufficient local tax base to support them and with high costs associated with a lack of economies of scale and large transportation costs for students.

Researchers from The Pennsylvania State University conducted an intervention to test the effect of using herbs and spices to increase vegetable intake in rural middle and high school students.

If You Build It follows designer / activists Emily Pilloton and Matthew Miller to rural Bertie county, the poorest in North Carolina, where they work with local high school students to help transform both their community and their lives.

Students from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the totalStudents from rural areas and high - poverty schools, as well as minority students, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the totalstudents, typically show gains that are two to three times larger than those of the total sample.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadschools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadSchools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

The critical - thinking gap between field trip students from rural and high - poverty schools and similar students who didn't go on the trip was significantly larger than the gap between affluent students who went and affluent students who didn't go.

High school students in this computer lab in rural Idaho are taking online courses in subjects they wouldn't otherwise be able to access.

School districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaSchool districts that already had higher fractions of students enrolled in private schools, even accounting for the urban or rural location of the district, had a greater likelihood of having a charter school open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in chaschool open in their district by 2003 — 04 and a greater share of their students enrolled in charters.

In rural Arkansas, students from Eureka Springs High School created 911 responder maps for their historic community, mapped 307 fire hydrants, and identified emergency evacuation landing zones.

In my public high school, a small school in rural Massachusetts, I was a conscientious student with a straight - A average.

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.

The first U.S. - based high school accredited by the government of Japan is struggling to survive in rural Tennessee and is considering recruiting American students to stay in business.

Benefits are particularly large for students from rural areas and from high - poverty schools.

MAPS brings arts and science education to rural middle and high school students which promotes creativity and launches careers.

Typically, urban and rural schools serving poor and minority students have the highest turnover rates, and as a result they have the highest percentages of first - year teachers, the highest percentages of teachers with fewer than five years of teaching experience, the lowest paid teachers, and the lowest percentages of accomplished teachers.

A majority favor funding for high schools offering advanced courses for students online and for high schools that offer rural students a broader range of courses online.

We have these school divisions and the urban areas have [high populations] and obviously big school divisions, but the rural divisions have struggled to maintain a variety of course offerings to high school students in their really small schools.

It's an effort to bring young college journalists to rural high schools to teach students how to find, collect, and produce news stories about pressing local issues, and by their work bring these issues to the attention of local, regional, and state media.

Armed with data looking at some 20,000 high school students in urban, rural, and suburban communities, he first examined a survey question asking teachers to identify students in their class that they perceived as having disabilities.

Students from Rochester High School, located in a rural area two hours north of Indianapolis, earn up to 30 college credits by taking courses online from Tri-County College.

Several rural school districts in northeast Texas have been besieged by both rumors and reporters following the announcement that 6 of 197 students in one area high school tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.

Rural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrRural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural, budget - tight districts.

The strongest effects are among students whose high schools have the highest concentrations of Hispanic students or are in more rural environments (see Figure 4).

We also confirm that we obtain similar results when we control for student characteristics measured at or before the PSAT / NMSQT, including sex, parental education, family income level, whether a student took the PSAT / NMSQT in 10th grade and his or her previous score, indicators for ethnic background (for example, Mexican, Cuban), and controls for the type of high school attended, including affiliation (public or private), urbanicity (that is, city, suburban, rural), size, and concentration of Hispanic students.

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 competitiveStudents 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 competitivestudents 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 competitivestudents 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.»

In the Rio Grande Valley of rural Texas, where half the students at Edcouch - Elsa High School are children of migrant farm laborers, kids are reclaiming their heritage through oral histories, compiling a local business directory, and producing a monthly civic - affairs newsletter in Spanish and English.

Rural schools have the lowest rates of sending students to college and the highest dropout rates from college.

«The most recent PISA report showed that secondary students in rural and remote schools are up to three years behind students of the same age from high - SES backgrounds in major cities.»

This meta - analysis of social and emotional learning interventions (including 213 school - based SEL programs and 270,000 students from rural, suburban and urban areas) showed that social and emotional learning interventions had the following effects on students ages 5 - 18: decreased emotional distress such as anxiety and depression, improved social and emotional skills (e.g., self - awareness, self - management, etc.), improved attitudes about self, others, and school (including higher academic motivation, stronger bonding with school and teachers, and more positive attitudes about school), improvement in prosocial school and classroom behavior (e.g., following classroom rules), decreased classroom misbehavior and aggression, and improved academic performance (e.g. standardized achievement test scores).

Rural schools are starved of funds — it won't be easy to add courses and time away from home, especially for older high school students.

On a steamy September morning, 23 of America's 12 million rural public school students sit in second period world history at Vardaman High, a one - story red - brick building just off Sweet Potato Avenue.

In Big Country: How Variations in High School Graduation Plans Impact Rural Students, education policy experts Jennifer Schiess and Andrew J. Rotherham examine one factor that may contribute to that gap: high school riHigh School Graduation Plans Impact Rural Students, education policy experts Jennifer Schiess and Andrew J. Rotherham examine one factor that may contribute to that gap: high school School Graduation Plans Impact Rural Students, education policy experts Jennifer Schiess and Andrew J. Rotherham examine one factor that may contribute to that gap: high school rihigh school school rigor.

Strengthening school districts — Launched in 2009, the Irvine - funded California Linked Learning District Initiative was implemented over seven years within nine California school districts that, together, served 14 percent of the state's public high school students (including a high percentage of low - income youth of color, within rural and urban geographies).

As such, Schiess and Rotherham begin their work by asking whether rural high schools graduate a higher proportion of students under less rigorous standards than non-rural high schools.

New technologies and staffing strategies allow rural schools to increase the number of students receiving high - quality instruction, even when the supply of local teachers remains limited.

They explore complex contemporary issues and problems facing education and society — including issues of community - focused leadership development for high - poverty rural schools, college access and student success, sexual violence, cross cultural counseling, community college leadership, and state and institutional policies that affect children and adult learning — with a view toward solutions that will make a real, positive difference for students, teachers, counselors, administrators, policy makers, and communities.

Rural middle and high schools play an important role in preparing Hispanic students to access and successfully complete postsecondary education.

While rural students are likely to graduate from high school, they lag far behind on every college indicator — applications, admission, attendance, readiness, grades, persistence, and graduation.

Although the gap in academic performance between rural Hispanic and white students begins in elementary school, it grows as students move into middle and high school.

We examine rural K - 12 and higher education through the stories of rural schools and students.

Students who graduate from high schools located in the South or in a rural community or small town are less likely to attend college than their peers in other settings.

Government must invest in and redesign underresourced urban and rural schools so that they consistently provide high - quality education for their students.

Expanded learning opportunities, such as «inter-sessions,» longer school days, after - school programs, and longer school years, should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low - income families are even less likely to complete high school, says a report from the Center for American Progress, a Washington - based...