Seeking bigger school districts: Senate proposal offers incentives to...

Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho);  February 24, 2007 ;     570 words ......pass through three different school districts. It's about a 10-minute drive...Shoshone, Dietrich and Richfield school districts, which have fewer than 1,000...proposing to offer incentives to school districts that want to bring those worlds...employee severance packages to ...

Rural Education Initiative Would Benefit 4,000 School Districts

U.S. Newswire;  June 14, 2001 ;     426 words ......nation's small and rural school districts struggle each...One-third of all U.S. school districts enroll fewer than...nation's small and rural school districts to bypass...difficulties of small, rural school districts to attract and...

Avoiding Special Education Litigation in Rural School Districts

Rural Special Education Quarterly;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......using data from several rural school districts in Kansas. Data were triangulated...principles are offered to guide rural school districts in avoiding special educational...Education Litigation in Rural School Districts Societal and legislative...

REPS. KUHL, POMEROY INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR RURAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 17, 2007 ;     312 words ......program designed to help rural school districts overcome the increased expenses...by geographic isolation. "Rural school districts have unique needs and face...said Kuhl. REAP helps rural school districts that lack the resources...

BREAUX EDUCATION BILL HELPS LOUISIANA'S RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Capitol Hill Press Releases;  February 1, 2000 ;     342 words ......HELPS LOUISIANA'S RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WASHINGTON (Feb...specific needs of rural school districts, especially schools...rural and small school districts. Under this Louisiana...million, which rural school could use to fund...

Realities of rural school reform.(Special Section on Rural Schools)

Phi Delta Kappan;  October 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......uniqueness of the state's sparse, rural school districts. Leaders in the legislature...determine the unique needs of rural school districts in the state. The task force...devastating effect on the rural school districts in the state. The report...

Leadership and Rural School Boards: Utah Data

The Rural Educator;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......striking where rural school districts are concerned...the term rural school district...from urban school districts in the State...identified rural school districts in the state...Utah's 40 school districts were determined to be rural ...

REPS. POMEROY, KUHL INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR RURAL...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 17, 2007 ;     355 words ......program designed to help rural school districts overcome the increased expenses...total of $875,000 a year. "Rural school districts have unique needs and face...said Kuhl. REAP helps rural school districts that lack the resources...

Leadership Behaviors of Superintendent/Principals in Small, Rural School...

The Rural Educator;  April 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......superintendent in small rural school districts. Data were collected through...Since their creation, small rural school districts have been primarily a one-pers...Hilton, 1949). Today, many rural school districts continue this practice through...

Department of Education Offers Grants for Rural School Districts

Targeted News Service;  June 9, 2008 ;     140 words ......opportunity for recipients interested in a grant for rural school districts. There is no award ceiling for the grant. A grant...will be given to "address the unique needs of rural school districts." The funding opportunity docket number is: ED-GRANTS-0606...

Maine's rural school districts are awarded $3.6 million from federal...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  October 22, 2003 ;     162 words ......Portland Press Herald (Maine) 10-22-2003 Maine's rural school districts are awarded $3.6 million from federal program Byline...million under a federal program designed to benefit rural school systems that are small or have high poverty rates...

I'm Back! Developing A Transition Plan For Students With Disabilities Who...

Rural Special Education Quarterly;  July 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Rural school districts often face the dilemma of students...mental health facilities to rural school districts. In order to develop a transition...health facility and twenty-five rural school districts collaborated in constructing...

Rural school superintendents get state's ear on funding rule Cash must be...

The Gazette;  June 8, 2005 ;     489 words ......funding rule that rural school districts say punishes their...score poorly in high school advanced-placement classes. Rural school districts usually can't offer...the rule. Larger school districts can absorb the costs...

21 area school districts honored

St. Joseph News-Press;  December 19, 2002 ;     386 words ......Mo. - Twenty-one Northwest Missouri school districts have received the state's Distinction...Bob Holden named the 157 Missouri school districts to earn the state award during a news...that one-third of the state's 524 school districts have met the standards for this prestigious...

Teachers' Attitudes Toward Inclusion: Survey Results from Elementary...

Rural Special Education Quarterly;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......towards inclusion within three rural school districts in a southwestern area of...Salend, 2001). Additionally, rural school districts serve more students living...poverty level than nonrural school districts (Salend, 2001). With poverty...