Teacher Pay, Support Seen Common Issues Facing Rural States

Although the issues facing rural educators vary greatly from region to region, state policymakers could help alleviate some of the challenges by equalizing the teacher-salary structures of their urban, suburban,and rural districts, advocates for rural education say.

That prescription emerged at a meeting held in the nation’s capital earlier this month by Organizations Concerned about Rural Education , or OCRE, a Washington-based coalition of about two dozen groups dedicated to the improvement of public...