Sentences with phrase «rural school districts in the country»

And more than 40 percent of all small, rural school districts in the country have serious difficulties filling vacant teaching positions.

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Better at When Than How As school districts around the country grapple with turnaround strategies and fiscal realities, school closure (and consolidation) has become a popular option in districts from Baltimore to Detroit, from Boston to Denver, even in rural places like Maine and North Dakota.

Alexandria, Va., (January 16, 2018)-- Nearly 20 percent of the country's students are enrolled in rural schools, yet are not provided the same focus in national policy or research as students in urban and suburban school districts.

Terry Ryan, president of the Idaho Charter School Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuSchool Network, adds «Charter schools have provided an academic lifeline for students in troubled urban school districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural stuschool districts for decades, yet charter opportunities are not available for most of the country's 11 million rural students.

Digital Learning Strategies for Rural America offers profiles of policies and programs at work in 15 states across the country, including examples of state virtual schools, course access opportunities, blended learning models, district - led online learning initiatives, and regional partnerships.

Inattention to small, rural districts no doubt reflects the fact that most students in the United States attend schools in larger districts, although smaller districts the vast majority of districts across the country..

Across the country, states and school districts experience a critical shortage of teachers, especially in hard - to - staff subjects, such as science, technology, and math, and in hard - to - staff schools, such as those in high - poverty and rural areas.

The tools represent the best thinking of school board leaders from urban, suburban, and rural districts across every region in the country.

Project ACHIEVE is a comprehensive school transformation and improvement program that has been implemented in thousands of urban, suburban, and rural districts across the country since 1990.

Meanwhile, in a state with the 6th highest population of rural students in the country, declining enrollments and less funding plague Indiana's rural school districts.

In many of the country's largest urban school districts, such as Detroit, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, the dropout rate is as high as 60 percent, and rates are similarly high in many rural areaIn many of the country's largest urban school districts, such as Detroit, Cleveland, and Indianapolis, the dropout rate is as high as 60 percent, and rates are similarly high in many rural areain many rural areas.

Educators across the country are currently implementing Safe & Civil Schools projects in urban, suburban, and rural districts.

Across the country, school districts in rural areas and other pockets with low bandwidth are confronting a difficult task of administering new Common Core - aligned standardized tests to students online.

Nearly 20 percent of the country's students are enrolled in rural schools, yet are not provided the same focus in national policy or research as students in urban and suburban school districts.

Further, why is it that over 75 % of those employed by schools across the country are female, yet only 18 % of superintenents across the country are female; and in most cases, those women superintendents are in charge of small rural K - 8 districts.

However, notwithstanding the growing cadre of exemplars around the country, spanning school size, district, and across both urban and rural settings, the research to explicitly identify and understand the key components of effective implementation is still nascent, especially in demonstrating a causal relationship between implementation of a comprehensive and integrated community school strategy — not just individual program pieces — and increased student achievement.

Whether they are students traveling to a rural school in Alabama, walking across their Ohio district campus or classmates leaning over a desk in Washington, students across the country are moving — into the role of teacher.