Friday, May 19, 2006
Rural Education and Small Schools in the News
Okay, this is kind of odd - but our Google news alert service just started again this week. So, the Google news alert for rural education...
KU leads education of allied health professionals in Kansas
KUMC Campus News (press release) - Kansas City,KS,USA
... Kansas Medical Center. “The problem is, we can’t always retain graduates in our state, particularly in rural areas.”. KU has ...
Late moves could save Indian health and education programs
Native Times - USA
... a broad range of educational needs of Indian students including education in Indian ... population of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in rural areas and ...
Training, retaining aim for rural town
Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate - Moora,Australia
... by WHCEP, funding to support this local initiative has been received from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), Rural Education Program, and ...
Time is up The Norman Transcript
Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA
... is the thing we're most proud of, the REAP program helping rural Oklahoma ... She worked 24 years in education, mostly in Muskogee where she lives and culminating ...
Stan Grusznyski: Preserving our rural heritage is test of our will ...
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
... Friday, Aug. 25, UW-Fox Valley campus, Menasha: rural health care, rural education, state and local government. • Friday, Oct. ...
Don Walton: Heineman win impacts Hagel, Ricketts
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
... there, he said, after working six years in Congress to bring farm programs, drought relief, rural health care assistance, rural education assistance, water ...[See all stories on this topic]
Olympic doubles champ sent for rural re-education
Deepika - Kottayam,India
BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) Olympic table tennis doubles champion Chen Qi has been sent to the countryside for ''re-education'', a Chinese newspaper reported ...
Pigs can communicate, child learns at Livingston's Rural Education ...
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... Phillip joined nearly 600 students from Brighton, Hartland, Howell and Pinckney at the May 4 Rural Education Day, hosted by the Livingston County Farm Bureau. ...
Sarawak A Priority State In 9MP, Says Effendi
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
... Effendi said RM4.17 billion had been allocated for rural development, which would involve the construction of rural roads, education and training programmes ...
Mrs Manning gets ‘good vibes’ from Couva school
Trinidad News - Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago
... than rural schools “and as such we have work to do in the rural areas.” Pastor ... for the school to keep pace with the delivery of quality education to the ...
Farm and Home Bureau going strong
Auburn Citizen - Auburn,NY,USA
... pleasant. Through the land grant college of New York state, Cornell, a rural education program was started in the early 1920s. Farm ...
Darling has a desk full of problems
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... less than a year in the job he has moved on to education, leaving most ... next year, which will have to consider whether to cut little-used rural services, what ...
Children's education lost in struggle for rights
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
... But as an ESL teacher in Strawn, Texas, a small, rural district, I can't ... For some, the students' education in Mexico was not equivalent in curriculum to what ...
Leach runner breaks ORES state track record
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor,OK,USA
... “In four years she’ll be a high school State Champion.”. Sanders recently won at the Oklahoma Rural Education Schools State Track Meet in McAlester. ...
Fees waived for rural students
CCTV - Beijing,China
Starting this year, the Chinese government will scrap charges for rural students during their nine-year compulsory education. In ...
Candidate sees service as key to decision
Hope Star - Hope,AR,USA
... “I'd like to see some more money allocated for our rural areas. ... “Of course, we want to stay on top of education issues to make sure our smaller schools ...[See all stories on this topic]
YEMEN: Government waives girls' tuition fees to boost female ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... The situation is particularly dire in rural areas, the agency noted, where only 30 ... the support of all partners for realising the child's right to education.". ...
Waiting on growth Official: Bottling plant would boost education ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
... opportunities for kids as programs such as art, music and physical education become harder ... said those jobs are also much harder to replace in rural areas like ...
Rural postings: Ministry won't entertain appeals
Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia
Ipoh: The Education Ministry strives to provide and offer quality education and service for future generations by sending trained and experienced teachers to ...
D-Day looms in fight to save rural school
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UKA
FINAL decision on whether to save a tiny rural school in North Yorkshire ... the 1820s, but its future is hanging by a thread after education bosses recommended ...[See all stories on this topic]
Bill would benefit boarding schools
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA
... John Coghill, R-North Pole, said the measure provides rural students a choice of going to ... The bill would affect education programs in Galena, Nenana and Bethel ...
Open for Business
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA
... In addition to the two education groups, the CPA firm Lopach and Caparelli and the Montana Rural Education Association are expected tenants. ...
Rural Education Day; Annual event brings country to kids
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater,MI,USA
COLDWATER — Five years ago, Ellen Hopkins of the Farm Bureau decided that the Rural Education Day (RED) staged annually in Jackson County was a good idea for ...
A travesty of music education
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
... And that they've been trying 'to send more students into the schools, especially in the rural areas, to try and influence what's going on there'. ...
The only way is up for non-base schools
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton,New Zealand
... Mr Hore at Fairton said while the school had been able to offer all the wonders of a rural education, it had not been able to offer the certainty of a future ...
State board to consider closing Paron school
Arkansas News - Little Rock,AR,USA
... Ron Crawford, head of the Rural Education Preservation Alliance and the grandfather of a Paron high school student, said the bill was only marginally tied to ...[See all stories on this topic]
And for small schools...
Still left behind?
Indianapolis Star - United States
... The grant included funding to develop small schools on the campuses of the five large high school that are part of Indianapolis Public Schools. ...
Small schools changing shape of nation's largest school system
USA Today - USA
... In the last few years, New York's embrace of the small schools model has dramatically reshaped the nation's largest public school system. ...
SE Texas small schools strike gold
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA
AUSTIN - Runners from small schools took home more gold medals than expected at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships held ...
4 seek nominations for District 47 race
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... But small schools meeting requirements should not be consolidated, Higdon said. ... Bowling said he would fight to protect rural schools and small class sizes. ...
US Supreme Court Rejects Small Schools' Argument
KETV.com - Omaha,NE,USA
Former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg had filed an appeal on behalf of the small schools, asking the nation's highest court to block the law. ...[See all stories on this topic]
Plan to rescue rural schools
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK
... "There will be areas where it is best to retain small schools as they are, with a single headteacher. ... "All the hard evidence is in favour of small schools. ...
SF Schools: ‘What ifs?’ help district think outside the box in ...
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
... But like many small-school parents, he believes “small schools are viable. I just think we’re not maximizing our resources. ...
Prep Soccer: Small schools just want a tourney to call their own
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... But things are about to change for the Crusaders, and for several other small schools around the state looking to take their game to another level. ...
Where Does The Money From School Finance Actually Go?
KAKE - Wichita,KS,USA
... He says that approach has let the district maintain small schools and high test scores without spending a lot of money on adminstrators. ...
Schools find it's not easy staying green
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville NC,USA
... oversees school facilities. In new communities where yards are small, schools may offer the only green space nearby. “We’re trying ...
Future of small schools: Wait and see
LaSalle News Tribune - LaSalle,IL,USA
... number,” she said. “I am hopeful that small schools do stay open and that not all of them become impersonal supercenters. Many of the ...
Petition requests district division
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA
... Cox is a proponent of small schools and small districts. "Unless we can get the districts broken down to community-based districts ...
Student Achievement at Small Schools Is Mixed
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA
By Suzanne La Barre (05-02-06). Academic performance at Berkeley High School’s first two small schools is a mixed bag, new data show. ...
Big turnout for small schools' conference
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia
By Kristy Reading. STAFF from small schools around the region came together for the largest conference of its type in 10 years in Tamworth on Sunday. ...
Small Schools' Ripple Effects Debated
Civilrights.org - Washington,DC,USA
Major initiatives in New York City and Chicago to close unsuccessful schools and create small schools in their wake are stirring criticism from some community ...
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
