Sentences with phrase «school than their urban counterparts»

Students in rural areas have to travel farther to reach school than their urban counterparts — a commute of several hours by boat is considered normal — and many of their parents may not have the education level necessary to help with high school homework.

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In general, charter schools that serve low - income and minority students in urban areas are doing a better job than their traditional public - school counterparts in raising student achievement, whereas that is not true of charter schools in suburban areas.

In fact, dollar for dollar, urban schools in Connecticut are funded at levels equal to or in some cases higher than their suburban counterparts.

Last time I checked, the highest performing charters were doing better than their district counterparts in urban districts, but very few of these schools have come close to closing the achievement gap when it comes to college and career - readiness.

Fact 6: While charter schools are predominantly located in urban areas, charter schools, on average, are more racially / ethnically diverse * than their traditional district school counterparts (comparative districts).

On average, urban and rural school buildings were much older (76 percent and 75 percent, respectively, were more than 21 years old) than their suburban counterparts (59 percent were more than 21 years old).

And in rural counties, which often have far worse Internet access than their urban counterparts, schools have been developing ways to improve bandwidth as well as access to devices including iPads and Chromebooks.

Conversely, poor salary was the leading factor for dissatisfaction in low - poverty suburban schools (61.1 percent) with administrative support (30.1) and faculty influence (14.3) proving less significant for suburban teachers than their urban counterparts.

With high test scores and graduation rates to flash around, suburban school officials have had an easier time than their urban counterparts arguing that charters are an unnecessary drain on their budgets.