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Ryan Livingston and fellow 4th grader Sailor Mashe play an electronic game during after-school activities in Camdenton, Mo.
—Ryan Henriksen for Education Week

Rural After-School Efforts Must Stretch to Serve

In sparsely populated areas, advocates see great potential for out-of-school programs to provide academic enrichment to needy students, but find resources lacking. (December 11, 2012)

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07/31 03:57 pm | New Scholarship Program Aims to Help Ease Rural Teacher Shortage | A program in eastern North Carolina that helps rural schools grow their own teachers receives a boost with a $2.28 million, five-year grant.

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New programs aim to hand-pick promising candidates for hard-to-fill rural teacher and principal positions.
August 10, 2010 - Education Week
August 10, 2010 - Education Week
Amid school turnaround efforts, new programs aim to help rural districts recruit for hard-to-fill teacher and principal positions.
August 5, 2010 - Education Week
Higher education institutions would seem to have both the resources and the motivation to help build comprehensive community hubs for children's services, writes Russell Olwell. So why haven't they signed up?
June 30, 2010 - Education Week
Some in Congress voice qualms about elements of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top and school turnaround programs.
June 11, 2010 - Education Week
School systems are trying to work through concerns about cost, content, and safety to give students living in rural areas Internet access.
June 11, 2010 - Education Week
South Carolina educators use federal stimulus dollars to work with students in danger of failing to earn diplomas.
June 2, 2010 - Education Week
While most of the attention is on urban high schools with low graduation rates, rural schools also struggle to retain at-risk students.
March 30, 2010 - Education Week
Rural students, English-language learners, and students with disabilities are drawing interest as Congress weighs rewriting NCLB.
March 26, 2010 | Updated: March 23, 2012 - Education Week
Some see a policy tilt at the U.S. Department of Education, though federal officials vow to be balanced.
August 28, 2009 - Education Week

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