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Rural Education

Rural and Urban Education Needs Not That Different After All

Kate Casas | Posted 02.19.2013 | Home
Read More: Rural Education, Missouri Legislature, Steve Cookson, East Carter, Missouri General Assembly, Education Reform, Accountability, Students First, Malden, Studentsfirst, Illiopolis, Home News
Kate Casas

Visiting these districts awakened me to the fact that adults need to reimagine how education is delivered to at-risk children in rural Missouri just as they need to do in suburban and urban Missouri.

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Empowering Rural School Districts: A Vision Unfulfilled

Andrew Hysell | Posted 02.11.2013 | Home
Read More: Arne Duncan, Race to the Top Rural Schools, Obama Race to the Top, Rural Education, Education Reform, Obama Education, Education Policy, Rural Schools, Race to the Top, RTT-D Education, Rural Empowerment Model, Home News
Andrew Hysell

The Race to the Top program was billed as an opportunity for any school district in America to compete for a chance to win funds and bring innovative educational approaches to their students. Unfortunately, very few small, rural school districts made the cut.

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The Future of Higher Education in Rural America

Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker | Posted 08.21.2012 | College
Read More: Arkansas, Rural Society, Rural America, Ouachitas, Rural Americans, Rural Education, Higher Education Rural America, Arkansas Schools, College News
Dr. Stephen Schoonmaker

Despite these challenges don't start writing rural America's epitaph quite yet. New opportunities are emerging in a rural America primed by resurgences in rural higher education.

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