Sentences with phrase «rural students who»

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.

... there remains a subclass of high potential rural students who exhibit behaviors that are antithetical to those of typical gifted students.

On the other hand, research indicates that rural students who live a long way from their school face significant time and transportation barriers to extracurricular participation.

The formal partnership between this school and its local council supports remote, rural students who are transitioning into further education or employment.

It's still going strong, supporting remote, rural students who are transitioning to further education or employment on the mainland.

Rural students who visited Crystal Bridges experience a 13 percent of a standard deviation improvement in tolerance.

Not exact matches

So Schnidman Medbery, who studied computer science at Columbia University before spending two years with Teach for America in rural Arkansas, decided to create software to help teachers track and analyze student performance.

SokoText, from students at the London School of Economics, has been testing similar technology in Mathare Valley, Nairobi, by sending text messages from small - scale rural farmers to individuals in slums who want to secure wholesale prices for healthy produce once it arrives at a market.

I student taught in a rural area of central Illinois - a school with two people who were black (and that was it for the racial diversity) so they created their own minorities thorugh religion.

Berger, who spent 25 years working as a public school teacher and educational consultant in rural Massachusetts before joining Expeditionary Learning, clearly feels a special connection with those EL schools, like Polaris, that enroll high numbers of students growing up in adversity.

• 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.

Recently, Maggie and her husband settled in rural Tasmania where she continues to enjoy her work as a CBI trainer, supporting students who feel inspired and passionate about birth.

The Democratic Party is no longer the center left party, the patriotic party, and the pro worker party of John F. Kennedy, or Franklin D, Roosevelt, it is now the party of George Mcgovern, community organizers, hippies, free traders and globalists, dumb college students, flag burners, advocates for the legalization of all drugs and the banning of all firearms, and those who think that rural America is full of dumb idiots who are not enlightened enough to understand the benefits of free trade, who believe in the stupid idea of the nation state or stupid to not vote Democratic.

We also targeted students from rural areas of the Rocky Mountain region (CO, UT, NM, AZ, ID, WY, and MT) who would not have easy access to learn about engineering.

«Cities tend to be warmer than their rural surroundings; they retain more heat,» says Jason Schatz, a graduate student in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and affiliate of the Water Sustainability and Climate (WSC) project, who co-authored the study with WSC lead investigator, Chris Kucharik.

Torero, who was born in Peru and now teaches at the University of Queensland (UQ), St. Lucia, in Brisbane, Australia, had come to investigate a crime that shocked the world: the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School, a rural teacher's college near Tixtla, Guerrero.

The First Two Network targets rural first generation students who major in a STEM related course of study.

In a rural northern village in the early»80s, 17 - year - old Elio (Timothee Chalamet) slowly falls in love with Oliver (Armie Hammer), an older graduate student who has come to stay with his family for the summer.

Rural students, who live in towns with fewer than 10,000 people, experience an increase in critical - thinking skills of nearly one - third of a standard deviation.

The critical - thinking gap between field trip students from rural and high - poverty schools and similar students who didn't go on the trip was significantly larger than the gap between affluent students who went and affluent students who didn't go.

So if we have Indigenous students who are from a low socio - economic background, as we know about 55 per cent are, that are living in rural and remote areas, they're three times behind the eight ball.

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.

Mining the Mind's Resources With seed money to develop self - sustaining arts programs in a handful of rural, suburban, and urban schools, Argentinean community artists are engaging students who never considered school interesting or important to their futures.

The benefit in the earlier field - trip study was concentrated in students who lacked previous cultural experiences, specifically younger, rural, minority, and low - income students as well as those who had not previously been to the art museum.

While promising economic growth in rural states, this model doesn't directly address the needs of rural high school students who aren't within driving distance of, or willing to relocate for, good jobs in their state.

For Terry Lamberson, who teaches second grade at Lacy Elementary School, in rural Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the Oreo project was a chance to supplement a lesson on marketing and expand students» knowledge of the Internet.

A leader and active member in many student groups while at the Ed School, including FIERCE (Future Indigenous Educators Resisting Colonial Education) and the HGSE Rural Educators Alliance, Barraza, as noted by a peer who nominated her for the Intellectual Contribution Award, «never shied away from difficult conversations with peers and professors and she modeled what it means to stand up for what one believes in.»

And they can cater to constituencies — students who are gifted, live in rural or inner city areas, need extra credits for graduation, and so on — that are underserved by the current system.

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.

[5] In small, rural schools, there are relatively few specialized courses for students who are working ahead of their grade.

The challenge was to ensure rural schools had supplies, while making things easier for the teachers who are tasked with delivering multiple subjects and family education (lots of the students are living with grandparents because their parents are working in remote cities).

To explore the issue of public funding, we randomly assigned respondents to one of four questions that identified different targets of online education: rural residents, advanced students, students who dropped out of school, and home - schooled children (Q. 9).

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

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.

Students who graduate from high schools located in the South or in a rural community or small town are less likely to attend college than their peers in other settings.

The Bureau of Federal Educational Programs provides technical assistance, program support and monitoring to local educational agencies that will lead to improved academic achievement outcomes for students who are disadvantaged, migrant, neglected, delinquent, at - risk, or homeless; or in rural and low - income schools.

As a recent graduate student in education policy at Harvard University, he received a fellowship that helped him conduct research into the lives of rural gay youths and the educators and other professionals who cross paths...

We find that moving to a middle school causes a substantial drop in student test scores (relative to that of students who remain in K — 8 schools) the first year in which the transition takes place, not just in New York City but also in the big cities, suburbs, and small - town and rural areas of Florida.

For example, IDEA supported local communities that were developing and implementing early childhood programs; schools serving students with low - incidence disabilities, such as children who are blind or deaf or children with autism or traumatic brain injury; and schools in rural or large urban areas, where financial and other resources are often scarce.

For example CSDC's New Market Tax Credit program allowed Berkshire Arts and Technology to rehabilitate an industrial building in Adams, MA, to serve low - income rural students, many of whom have significant special educational needs, who otherwise had very limited educational choices.

We are working here to develop a solution to a very specific, yet highly consequential, problem that afflicts rural and poor communities across the U.S. — students who have the aptitude and work ethic to excel academically often lack access to the advanced coursework needed to fulfill their potential.

This effort complements workforce development needs and increases employment opportunities for students who desire to live in their rural area.

Students that have opportunities are leaving rural communities and the students who do not see opportunities are staying, creating a vicious cycle and a lack of global awareness and a lack of people to expand beyond the coStudents that have opportunities are leaving rural communities and the students who do not see opportunities are staying, creating a vicious cycle and a lack of global awareness and a lack of people to expand beyond the costudents who do not see opportunities are staying, creating a vicious cycle and a lack of global awareness and a lack of people to expand beyond the community.

This report examines the extent to which teachers who are not fully certified are disproportionately assigned to teach in high - poverty schools, schools with high proportions of students of color, English learners, or students with disabilities, and schools located in rural or urban areas.

Sandra Williams of New Mexico wrote about some of the unique challenges of teaching in a rural community with limited resources and students who often come from impoverished backgrounds.

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.

There are as many students in the program who are products of the urban public schools as there are those from suburban and rural schools.

We are so grateful to support from each of these incredible partners who share out commitment to increasing opportunities for rural students and communities!

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).