Monday, February 12, 2007
Rural Education in the News
Rural Despatch
Sri Lanka Daily Mirror (subscription) - Sri Lanka
The students attending several rural schools in Hatton education zone are facing hardships due to the shortage of teachers of English. ...
Fighting to save Kennedy School
Whitewood Herald - Whitewood,Saskatchewan,Canada
Director of Education Jan Chell said in her comments that teachers provide good education irregardless of the size of the school, however the role of the ...
Murphy Oil pumps money into El Dorado, Ark. education
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
Students in Norphlet, another rural school system outside El Dorado, would receive the scholarships if that district voluntarily consolidates. ...
Himachal Government Committed to strengthen rural economy
myHimachal - Harrisburg,PA,USA
He said that his Government had opened majority of degree colleges in the rural areas to facilitate the rural children get higher education facilities near ...
State plans to offer free secondary education
Standard - Nairobi,Kenya
The minister called for the speeding up of the rural electrification programme so that rural schools could also benefit from the computers. ...
Tom Bean superintendent named TREA vice president
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Sherman/Denison,TX,USA
TOM BEAN — Having a superintendent named vice president to the Texas Rural Education Association this week is a first for Tom Bean schools, and places Jerry ...
China allocates funds to rural education
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
The Chinese Government has allocated 9.2 billion yuan (1.2 billion US dollars) in subsidies for compulsory education in rural areas, the Ministry of Finance ..
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Elisa Villanueva Beard '98 Promotes Equal Education Opportunity as ...
DePauw University - Greencastle,IN,USA
Founded in 1990, Teach For America is a national corps of outstanding recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public ...
Education Ministry To Focus On Bridging Rural And Urban Gap
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 5 (Bernama) -- The Education Ministry is focusing on efforts to bridge the gap between urban and rural schools with special programmes be ...
Sen. John Nutting: School funding plan unfair
Bangor Daily News - Bangor,ME,USA
Why does rural education spending come under intense scrutiny when Revenue Sharing II (extra revenue sharing only for cities) is distributed with no ...
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
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