Sentences with phrase «rural schools access»

Since 2012, YE has also launched three major new initiatives: an online version of its course, an affiliate program to help rural schools access the class, and an after - school program, YE Academy, which served more than 500 students in its first year.

Not exact matches

Emily's goal is to provide daily access to clean drinking water for schools and villagers in rural Zambia.

• The Rural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technoRural Technology Fund, founded by a tech executive who had limited access to computers when he was growing up in rural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technorural Kentucky, helps out - of - the - way schools get equipment and books to help ignite a «spark» for studying electronics, programming or engineering; and gives scholarships to students from rural communities who hope to pursue careers in technorural communities who hope to pursue careers in technology.

This can also become an equity issue since students from small, rural, or low - income schools tend to have less access to AP classes.

«To support more opportunities for the girl child, especially those in the rural areas and those who were not opportune to go to school, we are planning on setting up six Women Development Centres to make it easier for them to access projects and programmes set up by government to better their living conditions», she said.

The bill would help pay for buses to drive kids in rural areas to the summer meal programs, increase access to farm - to - table foods, and also lower the threshold for school districts to qualify for free summer meal programs.

According to a recent study, the Summer Community Program offered by the University of Missouri School of Medicine has made a significant impact on physician access in rural communities.

Accessing potable water in rural Morocco was an ordeal that damaged public health and kept many girls too busy for school.

It is certainly of concern that children in these more rural schools may be denied access to the latest, most innovative digital education learning content because of a mismatch in broadband and connectivity, as the findings of our research implied.

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

With support from SASTEMIC, a local nonprofit, the bus launched in 2014, traveling to underserved and rural schools around greater San Antonio that don't have access to STEM and maker resources.

In a rural state like North Dakota, where schools are often 25 miles or more from a family's home, said the lawyer, Duane Houdek, access to a school bus «is very much access to education, especially when a family has no money» to pay transportation fees.

Fort Sumner Municipal Schools students who took part in a Zune media player pilot study used the technology to study during long bus and car rides and to access study materials including video, audio, and Microsoft PowerPoint slides in their rural part of New Mexico.

Remote instruction: For schools with severely limited numbers of excellent teachers, like many rural and urban areas, bringing in great, live (though not in - person) teachers through videoconferencing, holographic technology, or other means could give students access to great interactive instruction they'd otherwise miss.

Following the introduction of the pre-school education program, student attendance in participating rural areas has reached 95 per cent, parent attendance in the program is 90 per cent and all children accessing ANEER have transitioned to primary school.

Schools in rural areas were identified as having the lowest access to ICT, with the reason being attributed to poor wireless connectivity (Wi - Fi).

How does this rural school district afford high - quality Internet access?

Similar to our analysis of charter schools, access to private schools is much higher for families from urban areas relative to families from rural areas (although the difference is not as large).

An education system custom - made for rural communities would ensure that those who wish to stay in their community, and those who might return after venturing out, have access to relevant career education while they are in high school.

Horne says that developing such an online course would be unimaginable in many other rural school districts because of a lack of access to technology.

Meanwhile, schools in both rural and urban areas continue working on their own workarounds to improve internet access.

In Afghanistan, for example, the country report suggests that there is little critical analysis of the media, and issues of access to media and information rise especially in rural areas, where newspapers are not published or distributed and multimedia materials such as CDs and DVDs can not be used in schools due to limited access to electricity.

As a rural school in Murphy, North Carolina — in Southern Appalachia — we have become acutely aware of the challenges facing our student population: They live in a historically isolated community with little access to cutting - edge, well - paid jobs.

When considering online education for either students in rural communities who have «access to only a limited number of course offerings in their public schools» or advanced students interested in taking courses for college credit, the public expresses considerable support.

As internet connectivity improves in rural America, many schools are expanding online options for students who lack access to hard - to - staff courses.

While that money has helped connect almost every school in the country to the Internet, rural schools continue to find themselves at a huge disadvantage when it comes to prices and access to fiber - optic cables.

It may not be neat or linear, but something is finally being done to improve rural schools» access to affordable high - speed Internet.

States should enable rural charter schools to access unutilized and underutilized public assets, including school buildings, municipal facilities, and land.

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.

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.

Limited access to advanced coursework, medical care, food and employment opportunities also hurts rural schools, according to a report by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and The Rural School and Community Trural schools, according to a report by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and The Rural School and Community TRural School and Community Trust.

Appalachia has some of the worst rural poverty in our nation, but schools are creating new strategies to improve access to mentors, tackling summer learning loss and increase high school graduation rates.

In Boosting Idaho Students» College Prospects by Expanding Access to Great Teaching, Bryan Hassel, Shonaka Ellison, and Jeannette P. Cornier of Public Impact examine the challenges that prevent rural schools from accessing great teaching and present four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural Access to Great Teaching, Bryan Hassel, Shonaka Ellison, and Jeannette P. Cornier of Public Impact examine the challenges that prevent rural schools from accessing great teaching and present four strategies for increasing access to highly effective instruction in rural access to highly effective instruction in rural Idaho.

Rural charter schools do not have equitable access to funding, transportation, and facilities.

Rural leaders can re-envision the way that schools access quality instruction through the use of communication technology and digital learning resources.

And online courses have the potential to liberate the quality of education from a student's zip code by, for example, allowing rural and low - income urban students access to AP classes now clustered in suburban schools.

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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.

But choice, save for the virtual kind, is harder to make work in spread out suburbs, small towns, and rural areas, where one seldom has workable access to multiple schools.

Elimination of the regulations raises several concerns for school districts, including potential pass - through costs associated with data - heavy digital learning initiatives; a less innovative education technology environment based on potential discriminatory pricing for new market entrants; and heightened pricing and other vulnerabilities for rural and high cost districts that may only have access to a single broadband carrier.

Internet access and virtual learning are a challenge as both rural students and their schools contend with slow or no internet connectivity.

If enrollment for rural schools declines further, it will only increase the challenge of providing federally mandated programs for students in special education, English - language instruction, and ensuring students have access to school personnel and curriculum.

To help those students, Quitman County has joined other rural districts to form the Mississippi Public School Consortium for Educational Access to provide advanced coursework for all high school students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstSchool Consortium for Educational Access to provide advanced coursework for all high school students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstschool students, regardless of where they live or their family circumstances.

Whether urban, rural, suburban, or frontier, this magazine issue takes a deep dive into the elements that influence access and opportunity that cross boundaries of school type.

His rural district schools boast a one - to - one program and a city - wide network that's expended internet access.

This practical use of social networking is especially helpful to student teachers working in rural schools, some of which have limited access to technology.

Issues in rural schools can include fewer resources for students and teachers; lack of access to professional development and student training opportunities; community isolation; students having the same teachers for multiple subjects and grade levels; and fewer extracurricular activities.

The report also calls on Congress to extend funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program, increase funding for career and technical education programs, expand the Community Eligibility Provision so more students in high - poverty schools can receive free meals, improve schools» access to Medicaid funding for health and mental health services provided to students, and adjust the Title I funding formula so that it's «accurately and more meaningfully» allocated to rural school districts.

Hargreaves says that while rural schools face common challenges related to distance, size, and access, there are differences among schools and communities that create their own distinct strengths and needs.