Sentences with phrase «small rural high school»

Mike Siebersma, Education Northwest This poster highlights early results from a small rural high school's systematic change process to improve students» college readiness by addressing critical reading skills.

Three teachers in a small rural high school transformed their grading system so that it better reflected student learning.

In the case of Donza Worden, who I profile in the piece, this meant taking advanced courses in finance that his small rural high school could not offer.

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A small, rural school district in southwest Texas is introducing what may be the first wind turbine technician program for U.S. high school students,...

Fort Bragg Unified School District — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high school cSchool District — Pilar Gray Innovation: Noyo Food Forest: Growing Fresh Produce Consumption in a Remote Rural District In collaboration with a local nonprofit, the Noyo Food Forest, Nutrition Services helped create a small working farm on the district's high school cschool campus.

Other than that basic commonality, the schools were very different — some were big, some small, some urban, some rural, some were high - tech, some were low - tech, some integrated, some racially and economically isolated.

In my public high school, a small school in rural Massachusetts, I was a conscientious student with a straight - A average.

High school graduate workers who reside in rural areas or small - to medium - size metro areas have suffered substantial job loss in the past few decades, especially in manufacturing.

Grier grew up in Fairmont, a rural town that was so small, he laughs, «Our high school football team didn't have enough players to scrimmage.»

Ben Merrill, principal of southwestern Idaho's small, rural Notus Junior / Senior High School and superintendent for the Notus School District, says, «Out here, when I have an opening for a teacher in advanced science or math, I may get two to three applicants, all right out of college — no one with a master's degree.

We have these school divisions and the urban areas have [high populations] and obviously big school divisions, but the rural divisions have struggled to maintain a variety of course offerings to high school students in their really small schools.

It is hardly surprising that only a minority of rural children gets into secondary school, and only a small part of that group goes on to higher education.

Rural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrRural Students Produce High - Tech Projects In the rural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural Mendocino (California) Unified School District, a locally developed computer network eliminates one of the greatest challenges facing many small, rural, budget - tight distrrural, budget - tight districts.

In this small, mostly African - American, overwhelmingly poor town in rural South Carolina, Kingstree Junior High School's new principal, Margie Myers, was desperate to boost dismal test scores and rein in severe discipline problems — without spending money she didn't have.

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.

There will be extra funding for «sparsity», such as rural areas and small schools, places with a high level of mobility in its school population and funding where there are sharp increases in pupil numbers.

Tools and processes that pass the tests of reliability and validity, and that are flexible enough to take different school contexts into account (leading a large suburban high school, for example, is different from leading a small rural elementary school).

Sen. Bob Hall, R - Edgewood, noted that while a program like the one introduced in Richardson may work for larger, urban school districts, it would put small, rural districts at even more of a disadvantage in staffing classrooms with high quality teachers.

Currently, 53 percent of schools in the United States are rural, according to the report, yet only 17 percent of state funds, on average, go to rural districts, despite higher costs in rural and smaller schools.

The state would have to examine ways to compensate high quality teachers in rural areas where there may not be a low performing school to move to, Hall said, otherwise smaller districts will likely suffer from a lack of quality teachers.

Because high performing educators in those small districts have fewer schools to move around to if they want to receive additional pay to work in lower performing schools as required under such programs, those teachers would be more likely to choose to work in a district that can offer that sort of advantage — something Hall said would simply draw even more quality teachers away from rural schools.

Expert practitioners also noted that a STEM PLC with teachers from multiple schools is a useful strategy when it is not possible to get more than a very few teachers from a single school (e.g., a PLC focused on the work of high school physics or a PLC for mathematics or science teachers in small schools in a rural area).

Many small, rural school districts have few students but extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism.

Dolan, a Washington - based attorney, hopes the project will eventually be a solution for rural schools nationwide that want the best of both the online and brick - and - mortar education worlds: high - quality expert teachers, student support, resources, small class sizes and human interaction.

Rev Genders said the report is designed to «help schools and dioceses think about the quality of education offered in small and rural schools and embrace change in a way which leads to high quality education».

My school, Montrose High School, is located in a small but rapidly growing rural community in southwestern Colschool, Montrose High School, is located in a small but rapidly growing rural community in southwestern ColSchool, is located in a small but rapidly growing rural community in southwestern Colorado.

Research shows many schools face challenges in retaining high - quality teachers, especially urban school districts and small, rural school districts.

We highlighted the challenges and successes of two small, rural high schools that are improving college and career readiness for all students by collaborating with partners such as community colleges and local businesses.

There the Wonderful Company has built a state - of - the - art K - 12 campus, with an innovative «early college» Agricultural Prep Pathway, and also is helping to implement the same Ag Prep pathway in high schools in six other surrounding small rural communities.

One of the major challenges in making Linked Learning Pathways accessible to all students is adapting the approach to small geographically isolated high schools, particularly in rural areas.

IARSS has proven experience with high poverty, large surban school districts as well as small rural community school districts.

In their view, dual enrollment is presumed to lead to a long list of positive outcomes for all participating youth, including increasing the academic rigor of the high school curriculum; helping low - achieving students meet high academic standards; providing more academic opportunities and electives in cash - strapped, small, or rural schools; reducing high school dropout rates and increasing student aspirations; helping students acclimate to college life; and reducing the cost of college for students.

The National Association of Head Teachers claimed that plans to force every school to become an academy presented «a particularly high risk to the future viability and identity of small, rural, schools».

Still today, students going to school in many large cities, some smaller ones, and in numerous rural communities do not have access to the kinds of learning environments, high - speed Internet access, and learning platforms that students in wealthier communities take for granted.

A taut, suspenseful novel of small - town secrets set during a drought in rural Australia, The Dry follows federal agent Aaron Falk who is called back to the town where he grew up and asked to investigate the murder - suicide of his best friend from high school.

Although discovering a deep love for music and theater in high school, Roberta was inspired to pursue veterinary medicine by her aunt, who worked as a dairy vet for a decade in rural New York before transitioning to become a small animal practice owner and a Morgan Horse breeder.

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This trial had a sample of 28 rural towns and small cities («communities») located in Iowa and Pennsylvania, each of which contained one school district with one high school and one or more middle schools.6 The communities were grouped into matched pairs based on school district size and geographic location, and then one member of each pair was randomly assigned to participate in PROSPER and the other to continue school and community services as usual (i.e., the control group).