Saturday, June 10, 2006
Small Schools and Rural Education in the News
Rural schools having trouble finding tutors
Many rural districts across the country can't offer NCLB-mandated tutoring because well-established national firms aren't willing to work in remote areas. As workarounds, some school systems are hiring startup companies with scant track records, forming regional buying groups or considering signing up online tutoring outfits. The Washington Post (free registration) (6/6)
The Google new Alert for small schools.
Small schools getting mixed grades
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg,MA,USA
LEOMINSTER -- Leominster High School students are giving the small schools program mixed grades as they near the end of its first full year at the high school. ... [See all stories on this topic]
Small Schools semifinals: Kennedy edges Valhalla 1-0; Irvington ...
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... off a pass from Lauren Creegan 15 minutes into the first half of a 1-0 win over visiting Valhalla, in the semifinals of the Section 1 Small Schools tournament. ...
HRs by Dove, Curley earn Small Schools title
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... for-5 with a homer and four RBIs as Eastport / South Manor overcame a one-run deficit in the sixth to top Babylon, 12-7, in the Suffolk Small Schools final at ...
Irvington tops Kennedy in OT for Small Schools soccer title
The Journal News.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... would be easy for any Irvington fan, player or coach to be lulled into thinking they were going to dominate Kennedy in the Section 1 small school championship ...
First small schools class graduates
Community Press - Florence,KY,USA
... from Amelia and Glen Este high schools also will symbolize a milestone for the district as the first class to spend four years in the small schools, which were ...
At Large : Small schools might be the answer
INQ7.net - Philippines
... One of these innovations is called the “small schools initiative” that seeks the establishment of new small neighborhood schools or the conversion of ... [See all stories on this topic]
Star athletes from small schools take the big stage in first of ...
Ruidoso News - Ruidoso,NM,USA
Bringing the annual North-South Six-Man All-Star football game to the cool mountain reaches of Ruidoso has become a tradition since the game's inception in 1994 ...
Finally, the Google new Alert for rural education.
Ex-DepEd chief says permanent secretary needed
INQ7.net - Philippines
... In rural areas, classroom shortage has not been much of a problem, he said. He said the DepEd began the education voucher system last year to decongest public ...
Kurien quits as IRMA chairman
Rediff - India
... young men and women who are fired by the desire to transform rural India and equipped with skills and knowledge of management education combined with ...
SABC donates computers to rural schools
Zoutnet - Soutpansberg,Limpopo,South Africa
... SABC’s Phalaphala FM presented eight computers to eight rural schools that ... The schools were identified with the assistance of the Department of Education. ...
Full text: Environmental Protection in China (1996-2005)
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... in environmental administration, monitoring, scientific research, publicity and education. ... China is a large agricultural country, and rural residents account ... [See all stories on this topic]
Mongolia to Join World Bank Programme on Mining
Mongolia Web News - Ulaanbaatar,MongoliaUlaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/.
The Board of the Governors of the World Bank /WB/ has recently approved projects on rural education and supporting governance. ...
Story by: Sosthenes Mwita
Daily News - TSN - Dar Es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
... brides are often married off to men in some parts of rural Tanzania ... The practice also denies the unfortunate girls access to education, especially those who get ...
Group seeks Govt help to reduce regional alcohol abuse
ABC Online - Australia
The Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation wants the Government to fund ongoing campaigns in rural areas because the level of injury and death from ...
Conditions of the Working Classes in China
Monthly Review - Herndon,VA,USA
... are also plans for increased investment in the rural areas, including in factories in the smaller cities and villages, and especially in education and health ...
Colleges to work with new rural school
ABC Online - Australia
Urban school children will be sent to the Rural Education College on a Charleville property to learn about agriculture as part of the State Government's ...
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