Sentences with phrase «rural schools»

Those student teachers would be required to commit to teaching in rural school districts for two years after graduation.

In 16 states, one - third or more of all public school students are enrolled in rural school districts.

Nearly half of rural school districts do not offer any AP courses; all but 5 percent of suburban districts do.

A new set of essays look at how policymakers and others can provide more support for rural schools.

The condition of small rural schools is also problematic.

There is no other aid that directly assists suffering rural schools with no strings attached.

Poor students attending rural schools face fewer opportunities as well.

For the Chinese teachers, four taught in suburban schools, four were from rural schools, and eight were from urban schools.

Her experiences in education span 40 years in urban, suburban, and rural school systems.

Many rural schools still had no electricity and water, most schools were devoid of textbooks and school materials, and the teaching force was of low quality.

Though these pioneers are few and most are in the early stages of implementation, they do provide insights for state policymakers and rural school leaders.

The prevention of depressive symptoms in rural school children: A follow - up study.

We also provide recommendations for technical assistance providers and others from outside the community who are engaged in helping rural schools.

While rural schools face many of the same challenges as those in urban settings, they also have unique characteristics that should be taken into consideration when carrying out school improvement efforts.

And that is especially true for many thousands of inner city and poor rural schools.

Some of the named authorities have small rural schools which are good or outstanding where one assumes the local authority's influence has been good or at least benign.

His primary interests are those issues which impact rural schools and the role of instructional leaders at the district and building levels.

I worked in one rural school where the building was in such bad shape, kids tried to burn it down twice.

Small, rural schools around the country are closing.

The unique problems rural schools face go largely unnoticed in the national debate over the direction of the education, however.

But there is also a separate set of problems educators in smaller, rural schools deal with.

High - poverty and rural schools get more money.

«The formula doesn't treat upstate rural schools fairly,» he said.

The fact is that rural schools tend to be small, personalized institutions in which children do not get lost.

This high - poverty rural school opened its doors with a mission to provide a better educational option for families in its community.

In addition, rural schools do experience subject - specific hiring challenges.

Our input has led to the creation of bills and policies that directly benefit rural schools and led to the defeat of others that would have put us at a disadvantage.

They are immersed into rural school culture and participate in a place - based education institute where they learn to collaborate with community partners around standards - based curricula.

But credit recovery is an essential part of efforts to increase high school graduation rates in urban, suburban and rural schools nationwide.

Solutions for many challenges of rural school leadership are on the horizon.

The plans are being rushed through before new rules give rural schools more protection, campaigners say.

The purpose of the report is to make rural schools — both the opportunities and the problems they present — more visible at the national level.

Despite these economic challenges, only 22 percent of federal education funds are directed toward rural school districts.

Significant differences in the realities of rural school life mean that simply implementing a personalized learning model from an urban context may not be successful.

To start, it's important to note what rural schools are not — namely, urban or suburban schools, only set in remote locations.

A big issue for rural schools everywhere is teacher retention.

The trend has long been that successful students in rural schools leave after high school.

How, and if, the ruling results in concrete improvements in funding for the state's rural schools remains to be seen.

The following rural school districts would see the following increases in funding for the 2017 - 18 school year if the bills were law.

I wanted to highlight the brilliance of a predominantly black school, a white rural school, a suburban school, a couple of urban schools, and a bilingual school.

A winning verdict will initiate sweeping reforms to our current school funding policies resulting in significantly improved funding policies governing rural schools.

In addition, we assist rural school districts and provide resources to help in the management of the unique issues faced by small schools and schools in isolated locations.

Rather, there are quite a number of small rural schools and inner city schools that are doing an exceptional job of getting the most out of their students.

Recruiting and retaining highly effective teachers is one of the toughest challenges for rural schools and for rural charter schools in particular.

Teachers working in rural schools only have access to local networks or have to travel great distances to access the professional development needed.

A number of rural school districts adopted the four - day week as a fuel conservation measure during the energy crisis of the mid to late 1970s.

Like many rural schools, the school system's future is uncertain.

Over the objections of the powerful telecom lobby, the commission also approved a number of policy changes intended to help rural schools.

Because they have so few students, small rural school districts are meeting current minimum bandwidth - per - user targets.

His primary interests issues that impact rural schools and the role of instructional leaders at the district and building levels.