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Former Rural Trust Policy Director Marty Strange was recognized for outstanding research in the field of rural education....
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High-poverty rural schools could face steep cuts if Congress and the President don’t reach agreement on how to address the nation’s budget deficit....
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The Rural Trust's Global Teacher Fellows spent the summer traveling the world as part of their self-designed summer learning experiences. Here participants share experiences — and photos....
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The November 2012 issue of
Rural Policy Matters includes stories that feature innovations in rural schools; an overview of the outcomes of state ballot initiatives related to education; Part 3 of “The Rules We Play By”; School Discipline News; Rural School Funding News, a graph, and more....
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At Whittier Community School, students take charge of their own education....
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Local public schools are governed by a variety of rules. But who makes the rules? This segment of “The Rules We Play By” is the third in a series of
RPM articles that explore some of the ways public policy affects what’s possible in local schools — and why you should care....
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