Sentences with phrase «rural students through»

The commitment to connect Quitman County students to a world of learning via technology helps level the playing field for these rural students through a school culture that embraces creativity and curiosity.

It also calls attention to the urgency of providing more opportunities to rural students through partnership and collaboration with families, institutions, and communities, and shares strategic recommendations that will help policymakers and other stakeholders achieve this goal.

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This sedate stroll through Salinger's life covers his abbreviated days as a Columbia writing student through the prickly sequestration in rural New Hampshire where he reportedly wrote reams of still - unseen material and alienated a series of wives and girlfriends before his death in 2010.

Everything I learned was filtered through what it meant to be a classroom teacher and what the implications might be for a rural school with Mexican - American students.»

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.

Now, through This Land Speaks — a recipient of the HGSE's Education Entrepreneurship Summer Fellowship, which provides funding and space at the Harvard Innovation Lab to students to advance ventures — she hopes to help students living in disadvantaged rural communities like the Mississippi Delta, Appalachia, Native American reservations, the Florida Panhandle, and the Eastern Carolinas.

Through writing workshops, This Land Speaks aims to foster civic engagement among rural students and increases public awareness about social issues in America's rural low - income areas.

While school choice does have a history in rural states — since 1869, Vermont has allowed parents to select a nearby school for their student to attend at the expense of their own town through a «tuitioning» program — few states have encouraged the direct creation of rural, publicly funded schools of choice.

Through the program's VR simulations, students are able to walk the streets with a teen in Jordan or rural Kentucky and be immersed in their day - to - day life, gaining understanding of other cultures and viewpoints along the way.

In the Rio Grande Valley of rural Texas, where half the students at Edcouch - Elsa High School are children of migrant farm laborers, kids are reclaiming their heritage through oral histories, compiling a local business directory, and producing a monthly civic - affairs newsletter in Spanish and English.

We examine rural K - 12 and higher education through the stories of rural schools and students.

Under the new Title V, the ESSA enables some funding transferability, a pilot program for weighted student funding, and nearly $ 170 million for rural education programs from 2015 through 2020.

Pete Bylsma, director of research for the OSPI, said students in smaller, rural schools often feel more connected to their schools and more pressure to stay through graduation.

In the process, Obama and Duncan are retreating from the very commitment of federal education policy, articulated through No Child, to set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, to declare to urban, suburban, and rural districts that they could no longer continue to commit educational malpractice against poor and minority children, and to end policies that damn children to low expectations.

Prior to joining to her organizational leadership roles, Maile launched a new initiative to promote computer science through student - created apps in Washington State, with a strong focus on rural and underrepresented communities with the Technology Alliance.

By facilitating active, engaged and educational roles for students through Meaningful Student Involvement, the approach can be essential for retaining learners, graduating students and decreasing the brain drain in rural schools.

With informed consent 430 students in Grades 2 through 6 from two elementary schools in a large, suburban - rural school district were pretested and post-tested on the Children's Attitudes Toward

In Maine, students at rural schools can take courses through a state - funded online program, but must work with an adult mentor at school during the course.

Our interventionist communicates via email and chat with teachers at our rural sites and schedules one - on - one intervention time with students in grades 1 through 4.

Funding available through federal title programs support and provide equity for: students who are economically disadvantaged (Title I, Part A); students from migrant families (Title I, Part C); students considered at - risk, including neglected and delinquent (Title I, Part D); students learning English as a second language (Title III); students living in rural and remote areas (Title V); and students who are experiencing homelessness (Title VII).

(Texas) Through the state's new Grow Your Own program, 25 rural Texas districts have received grant money to promote teaching careers among high school students and help paraprofessionals already working in schools earn their credential.

Located in the rural countryside of Harford County, Dublin Elementary services approximately 260 students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grades.

As a teacher, principal, superintendent, and rural school leader, Johnny has personified the highest standards of professional service, ethics, and dedication to students, staff, and his rural communities through administrative and instructional leadership.

This case study describes how one rural high school broke down this paradigm through support for extended learning opportunities, while maintaining a commitment to excellence and rigor of experiences for all students.

For example, a meta - analysis of school - based and afterschool SEL programs found that participation improved elementary and middle school students» test scores by an average of 11 to 17 percentile points, decreased conduct problems, and increased students» problem - solving skills.17 Similarly, a meta - analysis of school - based SEL programs for students in kindergarten through 12th grade found that participation improved students» academic performance by 11 percentile points, reduced their anxiety and stress, and increased their prosocial behavior.18 These programs were successful in all geographic locations, including urban, suburban, and rural school environments.19

Through collaboration with Ball State University (chirp, chirp) we have been able to give our students a jump start to college, with our students earning approximately 330 credits, which I think is tremendous for a small rural school.

His district, South Pekin Grade School District 137 (SPGS), a small rural district in central Illinois, serves 226 students in prekindergarten through Grade 8.

Up to $ 25,000 is made available annually in student loan repayment assistance through the Rural Areas Assistance Program in Georgia.

Through the USDA's Veterinary Services Grant Program, students were matched with veterinarians in rural Kentucky, and both groups see the program as beneficial: the student receiving hands - on experience while the veterinarian gains some much - needed assistance.

Through distance learning and collaboration with National Healthcareer Association ® (NHA), high schools in rural Texas and Alabama empower career tech programs and students with access to certification exams, preparation materials and study guides for allied health careers.

Through its Gateway distance - learning program, AACAL serves students in the Amarillo area as well as rural high schools in a four - county area that covers more than 2,000 square miles.

Support for health students is also available through the Rural Workforce Agency (RWA) network.