Sentences with phrase «rural school districts who»

«It's going to devastate rural school districts who have a very difficult time recruiting teachers to begin with,» said Jewell.

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He finished 139 votes behind Cecilia Tkaczyk, a former Senate aide who serves on a rural school board and had a de minimus public profile in the five - county district before two Super PACs spent $ 500,000 pushing her candidacy.

In both urban and rural communities, 64 percent of parents say they are «very satisfied» with their child's charter school, compared to 54 percent of urban parents and 56 percent of rural parents who say they are «very satisfied» with their child's assigned - district school.

This paper, written for the Rural Opportunities Consortium of Idaho, offers policymakers and philanthropic leaders a set of recommendations to capitalize on the potential of technology to serve students: expand broadband access to schools lacking it, create an elite corps of proven teachers who would be made available to students across the state, and provide districts and schools with the flexibility to develop new models of staffing and technology and to achieve the most strategic combination of personnel, facilities, and technology.

School districts from coast to coast are launching ambitious initiatives to attract and retain teachers, especially teachers who belong to minority groups and teachers certified in critical - need areas or those willing to teach in urban or rural schools.

The journal featured the partnership in two blog posts, one by REL Northwest researchers Havala Hanson and Jennifer Esswein, who describe the urgent conditions that led to the research - practice partnership's formation, and another by Homedale School District Superintendent Rob Sauer, who writes about the challenges facing Idaho's rural districts and how data and evidence are needed to create a common language for collaborators as they look for solutions.

We support the integrity of rural school districts and honor the educators who represent the best our state has to offer.

Highly Qualified Teachers Enrolled in Programs Providing Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification or Licensure (2015) summarizes state - and district - level data on the numbers of full - time equivalent (FTE) highly qualified teachers who were enrolled in alternative route programs for three groups of teachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school districts.

Evers» current budget request asks for $ 5.5 million to provide rural school districts with grant money to pay teachers to retain and recruit them; increase transportation funding for rural school districts and millions more in funding for bilingual - bicultural programs and programs aimed at students who are learning English as a second language.

The law encourages local districts to submit teacher pay proposals for the pilot that could look like one of two distinct models: either pitch a plan that would reward teachers on the basis of how well their students do on tests, or present an idea for paying teachers who work in hard to staff subject areas or rural / high poverty schools and / or taking on additional leadership roles to improve student success.

The county education agency, who already provides services for school districts, will interview and select substitute teachers for Prescott USD, Chino Valley USD, Mayer USD, Bagdad USD, Camp Verde USD, Ash Fork JUSD, Seligman USD and several other rural districts, as well as schools within the Verde Valley.

Still, the schools have been draining funds from rural districts, and have been quickly endorsed by DeVos as the option for rural students who may not have access to private institutions or brick - and - mortar charter schools.

The state's chief of schools is proposing to «level the playing field» among school districts by giving extra money to schools in rural areas who have trouble matching salaries offered by wealthier districts.

asked the former principal, Craig Hockenberry, who has just taken a job as a schools superintendent in a rural Ohio district.

• Hire a «rural education coordinator,» who would play matchmaker between college students interested in teaching and rural school districts looking to hire educators.

It also didn't woo Republicans like Seliger, who fear for rural district funding and worry about sending public money to private schools that aren't held to the same accountability standards.

One school secretary in a rural district kept apprised of the day - to - day social progress of a profoundly gifted boy who was adjusting to a grade skip.

PARSS began in 1983 as a group of public school superintendents who expressed concern that Pennsylvania students in rural and small school districts did not have access to the same quality of education afforded to students attending school in the more metropolitan areas of the state.

The purpose of the Educator of the Year Award is to recognize an employee from a PARSS member district who makes a positive and continuous impact on public education in their rural school and community.