Sentences with phrase «small rural schools»

Because they have so few students, small rural school districts are meeting current minimum bandwidth - per - user targets.

The condition of small rural schools is also problematic.

Who will support small rural schools that depend on external networks?

Some of the named authorities have small rural schools which are good or outstanding where one assumes the local authority's influence has been good or at least benign.

Small rural school districts must be held to the same expectations but often require community - specific improvement strategies.

Rather, there are quite a number of small rural schools and inner city schools that are doing an exceptional job of getting the most out of their students.

I worked in small rural schools fo..

Opportunities exsist for small rural schools to develop their own Flexi - schooling offer and we are seeing an increasing number of such schools doing so

Alongside the existing statutory presumption against closure of rural schools, the government will go further, introducing a new «double lock» so that when small rural schools convert to academy status both local and national government have to agree to a school closing before a decision can be made.

The voices of respondents from small rural school districts were probably the loudest in this respect.

It also says the council should form its own multi-academy trust in partnership with other public sector organisations to support small rural schools across the whole county, with proposals due to be ready for cabinet approval by September.

Rev Nigel Genders, the Church of England's chief education officer, said: «In the current education landscape small rural schools face some tough challenges which are not simple to resolve and are often expressed in negative terms.

Our Assembly Member had her feet under the table when the Welsh Government could have revised their surplus places policy, which is forcing many small rural schools to close in Ceredigion.»

Smaller rural schools become more like training grounds for wealthier suburban schools.

During an education committee hearing on the bill, Mike Motheral, executive director of the Texas Small Rural School Finance Coalition, said 14 of the districts he represents could lose up as much as 53 percent of their state revenue with the end of the state aid program.

Funding shortages coupled with the distance between schools and fewer pupils in small rural schools mean less support for pupils with special educational needs, and for with emotional and behavioural problems and pupils being taught in mixed age group classes.

The government also announced a package of measures to protect small rural schools including extra financial support and a requirement that any closure would have to be agreed by the local authority and the regional schools commissioner.

There is hope that the NFF will be altered after the consultation responses are considered but the sceptic in me suggests that they may think small rural schools are not «necessary» schools.

Any academies which were a drag (eg small rural schools) could just be closed — MATs have the power to do this.

Some GOP Senators were concerned that the bill would inadvertently disclose identities of teachers in small rural schools, Senator Skelos says those concerns were addressed, but the bill might have to be amended later.

Each district's foundation level is adjusted by such factors as the «teacher - training and - experience index,» by the number of special education students, and for small rural schools and districts.

Hundreds of small rural schools that currently receive no top - up funding to address the unique pressures they face will benefit from landmark changes made to school «sparsity funding».

The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) has announced that 141 small rural school districts across the state will share in $ 17.7 million in sparsity aid for general school operations.

«From small rural schools to large urban schools, these studies confirm the incredible value of having a National Board Certified Teacher delivering powerful instruction to America's students,» said Dr. Ronald Thorpe, president and CEO of the National Board.

Some GOP Senators were concerned that the bill would inadvertently result in the disclosure of the identities of teachers in small rural schools.

I am a 39 y / o primary teacher in a small rural school.

Her ongoing work reaches from the halls of government across the Potomac River in Washington to the nation's smallest rural schools.

He sees opportunities for this kind of disruptive innovation in the small rural schools that can not offer many subjects, in urban secondary schools in low - income areas with similarly restricted course offerings, and for homebound and home - schooled students.

The next boost for the project came when a small rural school district in Guilford decided, with the help of a $ 100,000 grant from Guilford of Maine, a local textile company, to buy its own laptops.

(If you think it's expensive to offer AP Calculus as a small rural school, try building a welding shop.)

«In a further significant announcement, the government has made clear that small rural schools are not under threat from its policies on school structure.

After developing a new literacy program at a small rural school, I recognised that, in order for it to achieve success, professional development for staff was critical.

I found out not so long ago when I was working for a small rural school with a timetabled literacy program.

We realised it would take a new wireless network to solve our problems — but we had a small rural school's budget to work with.

From Arkansas to West Virginia to Maine, small rural schools are closing in order to merge into regional schools.

Saving a Community's Heart: The Small Rural School At the center of many small, rural communities is the school — and as states look for ways to save money, more small districts are being consolidated.

As a small rural school on the border of Warwickshire and Oxfordshire, the school uses online tools enabling teachers to use pre-assembled tests, or design tests of their own.

Yet, more than five years ago, a small rural school district in the Central Valley that serves predominately English language learners from low - income families reimagined its entire strategic approach to education and learning.

But she also noted that small rural schools and schools in poor neighborhoods remain much less likely than suburban schools to offer AP courses.

Learn how school districts, including large urban and small rural schools, have paired on - demand video - based training with on - site coaching to increase the knowledge, skills, and effectiveness of paraprofessionals supporting children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

(Carl Glickman, Institute for Schools, Education, and Democracy, Inc.) Minnesota New Country is one of the most important schools in the country: it demonstrates what can happen when students take ownership for their own learning and when teachers take ownership for the learning environment; it demonstrates that small rural schools can thrive and help all students succeed.

However schools with low prior attainment, small rural schools and those with pupils from «just about managing» families are more likely to be given extra cash.

Abstract: Across the country, states are pushing to close their small rural schools with the mistaken hope of saving money, in spite of overwhelming evidence that smaller schools are beneficial for students, and that they frequently function as the glue that binds together small communities, serving as their economic and social hub.

Although the teachers are from rural Ozarks communities, their preservice programs immerse them in education issues and internships in small rural schools.

The Church of England may have to close some of its small rural schools as problems with funding, teacher supply and building maintenance get worse.

Special settings include: special education, small rural schools, and independent study programs.

«Schools are very diverse, and too often we look at the education system through the lens of a large urban school and we don't consider what it might mean to implement this in a smaller rural school without those opportunities for savings.»