Friday, May 26, 2006
Rural Education and Small Schools in the News
Hanging Up on Parents?
Gotham Gazette - New York,NY,USA
... This issue has become increasingly heated, as the city struggles to find space to house all of its new small schools and charter schools. ...
State soccer: Small schools could surprise in wide-open tournament
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA
... "For the smaller schools, there is a lot of excitement and a lot of buzz going ... "Bigger schools still have more depth, and tournaments are won in three days.".
The trotting out of an old idea
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
... of the district, particularly if it is expensive for the district to operate, so a large districtwide board might have greater power to close small schools. ...[See all stories on this topic]
High court won't take small schools case
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA
By The Associated Press. The US Supreme Court rejected the appeal to save Nebraska’s smallest schools without comment Monday. Former ...
Younger Principals Guiding Schools as New York Revamps Education ...
New York Times - United States
... program. He has also created scores of small schools, and most of the youngest principals are gravitating toward them. Such schools ...
Big opportunity for 'small schools'
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
... Division II Championship tournament is in its third year, but this may be remembered as the one that many of the so-called "small schools" consider the ground ...
High court declines to intervene in small schools case
Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA
Former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg filed the last-ditch appeal in March on behalf of the small schools after state courts denied all his appeals. ...
DODDS-Europe Small-Schools softball: Baumholder holds off Rota in ...
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The Baumholder Buccaneers won the DODDS-Europe Small Schools softball title Saturday with a rain-shortened 5-4 victory over Rota ...[See all stories on this topic]
And the Google news Alert for rural education.
UN opens Caribbean education forums
United Press International - USA
With rural poverty high and the level of rural education low in Caribbean countries, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization was to present a report to the ...
Stanwood wants to be college town
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA
... She has picked out 480 picturesque rural acres north of town perched on a hill ... a proposed Wal-Mart last year now support bringing higher education to Stanwood. ...
Education watch
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA
Washburn Rural Middle School eighth-graders will be promoted at 6 pm today at Washburn Rural High School, 5900 SW 61st. Pauline ...
Board hosts open house for 1920s
Brazosport Facts (subscription) - Clute,TX,USA
... “I hope the teachers have the vision to do that,” Kennemer said. “They need to see what rural education was like in the 1920s.”. ...
A lecture for nation’s future in education
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Ramanujams are lost every now and then in their infant stages due to lack of higher education facilities in the country, especially in the rural districts like ...
Make district funding more equal
Detroit Free Press - United States
... of your inequality dollars to help all of Michigan's students receive a good education. ... up enough so the children in my community and rural communities across ...
China's faustian bargain -- for some
Asia Pacific Media Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... measures to improve infrastructure and living conditions in the countryside, including upgrading rural healthcare and expanding funding for rural education. ...
Govt claims all-round achievement
Hindustan Times - India
... The report covers a wide range of areas such as health, education, minorities, women, rural development, urban renewal, agriculture, disaster management, Jammu ...
UN’s agricultural and educational agencies spotlight rural ...
noticias.info - Spain/noticias.info/
With rural poverty high and the level of rural education low in Caribbean ... “Education is essential for the rural poor, many of whom are women. ...
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