Rural Education
Written by Jackie Mader of The Hechinger Report, this blog discussed the latest news, trends, and issues facing rural schools and students. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: rural education.
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ED Rural Official Touts Local Talent, Partnerships
Education Secretary Arne Duncan's Get on the Bus Tour hits another rural school district today, reports John White, deputy secretary for rural outreach. White is in New Hampshire with the tour spending time in the Milton School District, near the Maine border.
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Researcher: Rural Schools Lose Race To Top
A senior manager for an educational research firm says Race to the Top results reinforce the contention that small, rural schools are left behind by competitive grant funding.
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White: ESEA Wording Change Will Help Rural Schools
The Education Department's point person for rural schools says the administration will push to make federal education law more flexible for small districts where teachers have multiple roles.
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Duncan's First Stop in Rural Arkansas: Pre-K Center
A group of aspiring early childhood teachers from Arkansas join U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and other administration officials today on a tour of a rural pre-K learning center in Hamburg, Ark., that has been a major focus of reform efforts in that school district.
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Secretary's Tour Takes Rural Turn in Arkansas
Education Secretary Arne Duncan's "Get on the Bus" tour makes its first stop today at a rural learning center and rural high school in Hamburg, Ark.
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Broadband Money Flows to Connect Rural Schools
Billions of dollars in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act broadband grants have begun to flow toward the nation's rural communities, aimed at erasing critical gaps in service and speed that hamper many rural schools or simply shut them out.
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Teach for America Turns Focus to Native Achievement
Teach for America has tapped a longtime teacher and administrator and a member of the new National Advisory Council on Indian Education to lead its fledgling Native Achievement Initiative.
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Rural Adult Enrollment Follows Money, Program Size
Two findings from a recently released report on adult learners have implications for rural schools and communities. The study, "A Smart Move in Tough Times," by the Southern Regional Education Board, showed some rural states in that region doing far better than others at reaching and re-enrolling adults who left school without finishing basic and secondary education.
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Push For Home-Grown Rural Talent Hits California
A year-old non-profit that recruits alternative-certification teachers in California has announced it will refocus attention and resources on developing homegrown teachers for the state's rural, high-need schools.
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Michigan Study Pits Rural Identity Versus Economy
How much is local identity in small, rural communities worth? Add another state to the list of those trying to answer that controversial question when it comes to funding schools.
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Consolidation Watch: The 'C' Word in Halifax Co., N.C.
Consolidation Watch tracks developments on this hot-button issue in rural districts.
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Rural Advocacy Group Seeks Title I Horror Stories
Rural School and Community Trust is asking school districts affected by numbers weighting to share the details.
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Critic: Title I Weighting Works Against Urban Schools
Number weighting in the formula used to allocate federal Title I funds works against small, high-poverty urban districts the same way it does many high-poverty rural districts.
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Rural School Staffing: Hot Spots Hidden in Numbers
Two headlines that will surprise no one: Small schools and schools with high numbers of kids in poverty and minorities -- many of which researchers say are concentrated in certain rural regions -- lose the most teachers. Also, principal turnover rates in those same categories of schools are the highest in the nation.