Sentences with phrase «rural kids»

At the same time, though, it should level the playing field for rural kids who had to either cut into greatly limited free time or suffer academically.

He'd like to reach rural kids in other ways.

A third or more of rural kids, he says, don't complete junior high.

He / She keeps one, while another can be shipped to developing countries to provide much needed transport, such as enabling rural kids to cover long distances to school.

Our major organizational goals include the fair and equitable funding of rural education as well as the provision of quality educational opportunities for rural kids.

I'm actually originally from Australia and I grew up in a rural area in Western Australia, so I'm very passionate about reaching rural kids in dispersed areas.

On the bright side, Rozelle says, the tests indicated rural kids «don't need help with their motor skills.»

Even with parental determination to be involved while their children are in school, «I think the primary challenge rural kids face is a lack of preparation for school,» Rearick told Education World.

He is also the Arts director for Advancement for Rural Kids (ARK), an impact organization that provides feeding programs, scholarships and arts education for children in rural provinces of the Philippines.

According to the 2007 National Survey of Childrens Health, conducted by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics, 16.5 % of rural kids are obese, compared with 14.4 % of urban children.

Dr. Karen Sokal - Gutierrez, a pediatrician I know who teaches in the UCSF - Berkeley Joint Medical Program, is involved in a health program in El Salvador that among other things focuses on the dental health of urban and rural kids.

Compared with peers in the cities, rural kids have higher rates of malnutrition, uncorrected vision problems, and intestinal parasites.

Late in the 1800s, during the Industrial Revolution, business leaders began complaining about all these rural kids who were pouring into the cities and going to work in our factories.

But a big takeaway from this project is that better policy alone won't expand the public - school options available to rural kids.

For rural kids, the only way to access such specialized services may be to travel far.

Better policy alone won't expand the public - school options available to rural kids.

McQueen is the arts director for Advancement for Rural Kids, an organization that provides feeding programs, scholarships and arts education for children in the rural Philippines.

development and maintenance of a virtual hub to provide information on joined - up care for rural kids; and