Sentences with phrase «used in rural communities»

A study revealed the reason why adolescents from rural area were at higher risk of alcohol use was likely that rural adolescent and peer attitudes regarding alcohol use are influenced by lower levels of parental less disapproval of adolescent alcohol use and the higher tolerance for alcohol use in rural communities [9].

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For example, the coalition said, «the conditions proposed in the draft order do not fully prevent Charter from using its dominant position in the marketplace to thwart competition from streaming services and to stifle competitors in underserved, rural communities.»

Kamen's device got serious backing in 2012 when Coca - Cola signed a partnership agreement (for undisclosed terms) and pledged to help deliver the Slingshot to rural communities as part of its goal to become «water neutral» by 2020 — replenishing «every drop» of water used in the creation of the company's products.

First, we used the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural - Urban scale (also called Beale Codes), from 1, for counties in metropolitan areas with 1 million or more in population through 9, for counties where there is no community larger than 2,500 and the county is not adjacent to a metropolitan area.

I can remember standing in front of my church (about 60 people at the time) back in 2009 and boldly declaring that God was going to use our church to reach thousands of people for his kingdom in rural communities through a multi-site strategy.

(36) Examples of this decentralized, local media include the rural press in Africa and India, community radio, the use of audio cassettes and xerography in Iran, even «thinline» communications.

We donated our tommee tippee cups to support children and deprived families in rural communities in Moldova — where they still use the village well to access drinking water.

But the House of Commons» Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee chair Neil Parish said: «Councils in the dozens of other English cities currently exceeding EU pollution limits must also be given the option of using such powers if their communities support action.»

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With heroin abuse raging among young adults and in rural communities, New York's senior senator is calling for a new state - wide database to be created so local law enforcement agencies can better track the drug's use.

Dr Isamotu emphasised that the programme will be used to mobilise communities against preventable diseases as health workers will now be compelled to visit more remote villages to reach out to the health needs of the people particularly in the rural areas.

That tough language follows Cuomo's declaration in his State of the State address three years ago that prisons should no longer be used to boost economic development in rural upstate communities.

The «Preparation of Communities: Using personal narratives to affect attitudes to disability in Kilifi, Kenya (Pre-Call)» project was set up to promote disability awareness in small communities in a rural part of Kenya, by encouraging a process of reflection and education.

Our team is working towards a final product that is easily used by individuals in a range of settings including hospitals and clinics in the U.S., as well as in rural and underserved communities around the world.»

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

Zinwa will also use the ZITF platform to give an update to stakeholders and stand visitors regarding the ongoing Command Water Harvesting Programme in which the authority is drilling boreholes and assisting in the construction of weirs and repair of small dams that serve rural communities around Zimbabwe.

This could be particularly useful in remote communities in developing countries, the researchers say, like in rural villages in Nepal where such systems are being used.

This model aims to use poultry farming techniques as a tool to eradicate child malnutrition while creating jobs and increasing household income for Kenyan women in rural communities.

The World Made Straight (R for violence, drug use, sexual references and profanity) Adaptation of the Ron Rash novel of the same name, set in the Seventies, about a troubled young man (Jeremy Irvine) eager to escape a rural Appalachian community stained by the legacy of a Civil War massacre.

Stay tuned to the grant winners: Academy 21 at Franklin Central Supervisory Union in Vermont, which is focused on a high - need, predominantly rural community; Cornerstone Charter Schools in Michigan, which seeks to prepare Detroit students for college and health - focused careers; Da Vinci Schools in California, which will integrate blended learning, early college, and real - world experiences with its existing project - based learning approach; Education Achievement Authority in Michigan, which, as part of the statewide turnaround authority is trying to create a student - centric system for students in Detroit; Match Education in Massachusetts, which already operates high - performing schools in Boston and will now focus on using technology to increase the effectiveness of its one - on - one tutoring; Schools for the Future in Michigan, which will serve students significantly below grade level; Summit Public Schools in California, which aims to build off its experiments in blended - learning models to launch a competency - based school; and Venture Academies in Minnesota, which is a new charter organization that will focus on accelerated college credit attainment and cultivation of entrepreneurial leadership.

To identify more precisely the independent effects of the multiple factors affecting teachers» choices, we use regression analysis to estimate the separate effects of salary differences and school characteristics on the probability that a teacher will leave a school district in a given year, holding constant a variety of other factors, including class size and the type of community (urban, suburban, or rural) in which the district is located.

student April Wang is using her Education Entrepreneurship Summer Fellowship to help those in disadvantaged rural communities find their voices.

First, we know that in the instruction of world languages, there are not enough teachers, so using technology to give students access to teachers proficient in other areas and other disciplines will be one way we get at the question, particularly in rural communities, on how we teach these subjects to all children.

But it isn't just chronic pain that is driving use of prescription painkillers; evidence suggests it is the sense of disconnect, of lost opportunity, of the dissolution of the traditional community in rural and remote parts of America, that is driving people to seek solace in drugs, both prescribed and otherwise.

Grow - your - own programs could be delivered in rural areas using distance - learning options provided by higher education institutions and district - provided coaching and mentoring — giving prospective teachers greater access to high - quality training while remaining in their local community.

What began as a pulse - check of rural schools» use of technology to address the obstacles facing their communities evolved into a deep look at what is working to increase college and career readiness and economic opportunity in historically underserved districts.

For example, with funding from the U.S. Department of Education Investing in Education (USED i3) program, middle school and high school Algebra I teachers in 18 rural school systems in Virginia are working in a virtual networked improvement community to innovate solutions to their problems of practice.

When Kevin Sweeney left the private sector to join the Foisie Business School in 2012, it didn't take long for him to notice an opportunity to apply WPI's project - based learning model to the socio - economic issues in the region where he used to work: the Pioneer Valley, a mix of urban, rural, and suburban communities in western Massachusetts.

That communities are profoundly dissatisfied with public schools is one of the myths used to champion policies that are wrapped in euphemisms such as «choice» and «competition» but have, where they have taken hold, often exacerbated the financial plight of rural schools.

Schools Performing Beyond Expectations: Improvement From Within July 28, 2015 Danette Parsley writes about two exceptional schools in rural and remote southern Oregon, Merrill and Malin Elementary Schools, that are beating the odds through data use, high - quality instruction, community building, and strong leadership.

Reviewers must have expertise in education evaluation or at least one of the program's absolute priorities (increasing educator effectiveness; improving low - performing schools; strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education; boosting academic outcomes for students with disabilities and English language learners; encouraging parent and family engagement; promoting effective use of technology; serving rural communities; and implementing college - and career - ready standards).

Danette Parsley writes about two exceptional schools in rural Oregon that are beating the odds through data use, high - quality instruction, community building, and...

Digital learning materials, high capacity broadband, data use, and related professional learning are unevenly distributed across the country — falling especially short of needed levels in rural and poor communities — and greater federal funding is needed to help states and districts address this inequity.

We conduct a randomized evaluation of community - based schools on children's academic performance using a sample of 31 villages and over 1,500 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan.

I live in a rural community, and we needed to drive back to our wooded area to a fire pit and had to use the Rogue to get back there.

The remarkable clarity and strategic scope of Professor Wangari Maathai's vision for the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace & Environmental Studies (WMI) might be summed up in a single, but richly resonant, idea: To transfer knowledge and skills on sustainable use of natural resources from academic halls and laboratories to the citizenry in villages and rural communities throughout Africa.

AMRRIC (Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities) is a not - for - profit charity that uses a One Health approach to coordinate veterinary and education programs in Indigenous communities.

Higher doses than I use against worms are used in Australia as a public health measure in rural Aboriginal communities (where the children and some of the adults sleep and otherwise are in intimate contact with their crossbred Dingoes) to kill ticks and sarcoptic mites on family dogs.

QUEBEC — SPCA L'Outaouais To prevent further pet overpopulation in a remote rural region of Quebec, the SPCA L'Outaouais will use the PetSmart Charities of Canada grant to provide spay / neuter procedures, microchipping and vaccinations to 150 feral and community cats in honour of Canada 150.

When asked how the NS SPCA plans to use so much food, Director of Animal Care, Sandra Flemming said, «Last year we conducted a study and learned there are at least 60,000 feral or community cats in the Halifax Regional Municipality alone, and far more than that in the rural areas of our province.

It's also interesting to note that even with the advent of snowmobiles, sled dogs are still used today by some rural communities, especially in areas of Alaska and Canada and throughout Greenland.

Grassroots organizing in rural communities could begin with the development of foster networks and the use of marketing to develop a culture of adoption.

SpayFirst, an organization which offers spaying / neutering in low - income communities, also uses the ARC office as a mailing and delivery address since most of its clinics are held in rural areas.

That's where groups like B4H come in.Since its founding in 2007, Denver - based Bicycles for Humanity Colorado has distributed more than 800 used bikes to rural Namibian communities, where local residents are trained as mechanics and managers and the containers the bikes are shipped in are painted and retrofitted to become bike shops, known as Bicycle Empowerment Centers (BECs).

Her company, the Majora Carter Group is putting the green economy and green economic tools to use, unlocking the potential of every place — from urban cities and rural communities, to universities, government projects, businesses and corporations — and everywhere else in between.

Franz said in an interview Wednesday that she wants to ensure that money raised will be used to reduce carbon pollution and help make state lands, water and rural communities more resilient to climate change impacts.

Many of the world's cities are suffering from the concentrated use of energy services that emit air pollution, in particular from transport (but also industry, power generation etc.), while many of the poorest rural communities are particularly exposed to toxic fumes as they use polluting solid fuels to cook food and boil water.

In areas where infrastructure is poor and carbon stores are high, REDD may offer attractive economic returns relative to conventional logging and agricultural use of forest land, especially for rural communities, which are often bypassed by industrial development of rainforests.

Amrit Banstola: It is surprising to see that after 61 years of initiation of improved cook stove (ICS) by Government of Nepal (such initiative dates as far back as 1950 with the introduction of Indian models of Hyderabad and Magan stoves) traditional and primitive chulas (stoves) are still in extensive use in Chidipani rural community.

Renewable energy technologies produce clean energy, can be better scaled to meet demand than large dams, reduce dependence on problematic energy sources such as fossil fuels and large hydro, and can be used in rural areas far from the grid, where most of the world's un-electrified communities are located.