Sentences with phrase «small rural state»

It is crazy to let a small number of religious nuts from a small rural state have this much say in an election.

New York has much different requirements then say, a small rural state like Maine has.

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Anbang's early investors included a state - owned automaker, an oil company and a mix of rural villagers and small business owners.

Vermont is a small, entirely rural state with just 600,000 people.

In fact, a report published last month — Differences Between Rural and Urban Areas in Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Infant Death: United States, 2013 — 2015 — which describes the mortality rates for the five leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death in the United States across rural, small and medium urban, and large urban counties, showed that infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates were higher in rural counties than in large urban counRural and Urban Areas in Mortality Rates for the Leading Causes of Infant Death: United States, 2013 — 2015 — which describes the mortality rates for the five leading causes of infant, neonatal, and postneonatal death in the United States across rural, small and medium urban, and large urban counties, showed that infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates were higher in rural counties than in large urban counrural, small and medium urban, and large urban counties, showed that infant, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality rates were higher in rural counties than in large urban counrural counties than in large urban counties.

The burden of implementing early voting could fall heaviest on smaller and rural counties and they've proposed ways of making it easier for them to adopt the system, the letter states.

The letter states that the tax could spell the end for many shoots and small rural businesses, leading to a loss of vital rural employment and a reduction in tourist income.

A provision to steer state economic development dollars toward small businesses and rural areas was quietly eliminated in July 2014.

«This funding will help strengthen the link between rural areas and smaller cities, supporting regional economic growth and increasing ease of access for residents and visitors to our state.»

Otsego County government managers and leaders gave a small cadre of state lawmakers an earful on how their legislation and directives are impacting New York's rural regions.

Portman's base is in Cincinnati's eastern suburbs and small towns and rural areas in Southwest Ohio, whereas Fisher's base is in metropolitan Cleveland, the most vote - rich area of the state.

Poloncarz added, «As I've said many times, our county is actually like a small state with urban, suburban and rural areas and a population that is equal to that of five states.

«From our farms and wineries to the small businesses on Main Street, our rural communities have the potential to reinvigorate local economies in every region of the state and help make New York a more affordable and prosperous state,» Helming said.

State education policy, he said, has resulted in fiscal instability for small, rural schools, including the Gap Elimination Adjustment and the tax cap.

New York State Republican Assemblyman Steve Katz supports the county clerk's decision, and says the decision in a small, rural county like Putnam has national importance when it comes to protecting privacy.

«In the United States, only about 10 percent of physicians practice in rural areas, and less than 3 percent of entering medical students nationally plan to practice in a rural community or small town,» said Kevin Kane, MD, a professor of family and community medicine at the MU School of Medicine and lead author of the study.

The study looked at more than 9,000 tele - ER encounters over the course of 52 months at 85 small, rural hospitals in seven states that are part of a network operated by Avera eCare, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The play comprised «the unforgettable stories of children growing up in Rammulotsi, a small rural township in the Free State province of South Africa.»

South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper Jr. ruled Dec. 29 in favor of eight small, rural districts, saying the state fails to provide the youngest children in those areas «the opportunity to obtain a minimally adequate education.»

The study examines the unions» goals and leadership as well as the role they played in three small suburban and rural school districts in New York State from the early 1960's to the late 1970's.

School districts in the state of Vermont range from small (4,000 students in the district) to smaller (15 students in the most rural of schools), but one thing that looms large in each community is its schools.

One of the three lawyers representing 36 rural school districts and several individuals that sued the state in 1993, Mr. Morrison and his colleagues have spent the past 16 months arguing in this small - town...

By state law, only Orleans Parish and one small rural district met this criterion.

Still short of votes, Jindal turned to conservative white Democrats from the state's small towns and rural areas.

spThanks to a multiyear initiative to use technology to help surmount the challenges often faced by the state's small, rural schools, Advanced Placement courses were offered for the first time this spring — via the Internet — in 26 districts

But in a handful of small rural areas, state regulations protect the local telecoms from competition.

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 consolidSmall 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 consolidRural 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 consolidsmall, rural communities is the school — and as states look for ways to save money, more small districts are being consolidrural communities is the school — and as states look for ways to save money, more small districts are being consolidsmall districts are being consolidated.

Luna says it's possible the first round of «Race to the Top» grants will go to large urban states, rather than small rural ones like his.

Inattention to small, rural districts no doubt reflects the fact that most students in the United States attend schools in larger districts, although smaller districts the vast majority of districts across the country..

This design — and the relatively small number of private schools in rural communities — has greatly contributed to this socio - economic segregation.64 Such policies, if adopted nationally in the United States, could have similar consequences for economic and racial segregation considering the strong correlation between race and income in many places.

Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research, and implementation of strategies designed to improve teacher and principal effectiveness and include: Evidence - based preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics; and Locally - determined compensation and teacher and principal assignment policies.

They also list all of the groups in the state they meet with throughout the year to discuss various issues, including Indiana Association of School Principals, Indiana Federation of Teachers, Indiana's Charter School Association and Indiana Small and Rural School Association, among others.

If state policymakers expand voucher programs, this could increase the tax burden of citizens, especially those living in rural communities and small school districts with fewer students.

Also ASCD faculty in the differentiated instruction cadre, and a Solution Tree consultant and author on two books in press, Nanci has provided professional development in small, large, urban, rural, and suburban districts in 47 states, as well as the Netherlands, Singapore, and Japan.

HAZLEHURST, Miss. — When the state took control of the Hazlehurst City school district in 2008, the small rural district was in chaos and suffering from abysmal academic performance.

Many are small, rural districts struggling to keep enrollments stable, but several are urban districts, including one of the state's largest, 50,000 - student Riverside Unified.

And maybe that will keep a few from leaving the small, rural campus in California's Central Valley, a region hit especially hard by the state's ongoing teacher shortage.

Network Eight: Students in Small and Rural School Districts, which provides that activities that may support learning opportunities and improvements across the state may include projects such as professional community to mentor and support teachers and mitigate professional isolation

Federal School Improvement Grants are usually passed through the state and on to school districts, but small rural districts often don't have the capacity to administer the grants themselves.

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.

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.

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.

A recent study of urban, suburban, and rural schools in four states found that smaller schools helped close the achievement gap — as measured by test scores — between students from poor communities and students from more affluent ones.

At Small City School and Rural School, the second most common reason stated was being perceived as gay, which suggests rigid behavior expectations for boys and girls.

Since the 2008 - 09 school year, the state has provided additional funding for small, rural districts outside of their revenue limits through sparsity aid, as a way to lessen certain challenges experienced by rural districts with both a small pupil membership and a sparsely populated area.

Currently, the Sparsity Aid Program aims to offset the challenges faced by the smallest, most rural school districts in the state through providing $ 300 in per - pupil funding for districts with enrollments of 745 or less and a density of less than 10 pupils per square mile.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, approximately 120 districts in 21 states around the country, most of which are small, rural communities in western states, have cut Friday (or Monday) from the schedule.

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.

«This program is an incredible opportunity for underserved children from small schools in rural parts of Arizona to have the same technology opportunities that are afforded to other children in the state.»