Sentences with phrase «rural teachers often»

These resources help reduce the sense of isolation that rural teachers often experience.

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«Incentives to work in low - performing schools are not the sole answer — too often, it's large class sizes, poor working conditions, and a lack of support from administrators that drives teachers away from high - poverty rural and inner - city schools,» she said.

Wang, a former Fulbright Fellow and now a second - year doctoral student at HGSE, saw firsthand as an 11th - grade English teacher that the needs of rural, low - income communities often aren't represented in state policy, but are overlooked in favor of efforts that target urban areas because there's little awareness of the rural problems and few advocates are calling for change.

This will reassure the dedicated teachers and leaders in such schools, who are often at the heart of rural communities.

Rural districts often struggle to find even one qualified teacher per subject.

Teachers who choose to work in rural and small - town areas often want the isolation.

The 26 regions into which TFA places corps members include rural communities that struggle to lure enough teachers and urban neighborhoods that often lose their strongest teachers to the surrounding suburbs.

Especially in urban and rural school districts, low salaries and poor working conditions often contribute to the difficulties of recruiting and keeping teachers, as can the challenges of the work itself.

Dennis Shirley, also of Boston College and who read Stephen E. Ambrose's Lewis and Clark biography Undaunted Courage to get in the mood for the road trip, points to the «incredible resilience and heroism» of rural educators, who often work in schools without counselors our art and music teachers and live in areas that often are losing population.

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With position allotments, advocates say, small and rural districts — which often struggle to recruit and retain teachers — can net top teaching candidates without worrying about the budget implications.

The fact that governments (including school districts) are major employers, especially in rural areas, along with the struggle reformers often have in explaining the nuances of teacher pay (and moving away from over-simplification that lead to Matt Damon moments) should also help the NEA's and AFT's cause.

As of now, to address teacher shortages — particularly in rural and low - income districts — school districts are often forced to place teachers in subjects outside of their area of expertise.

Allowing students to use their interests to guide their work requires them to have good relationships with their teachers, and those connections are often present in a rural setting where everyone knows everyone else, he said.

Throughout my career, public education garnered the occasional feel - good story about a phenomenal, mythical «inner city teacher» and, more often, the litany of stories about how urban and rural schools are in complete disarray.

However, teacher preparation programs are often located in suburban or rural settings and mandate individual transportation for clinical experiences.

«Our rural teachers are often left behind in these conversations,» says Kelly.