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Rural 800/900
The Rural Dropout Problem: An Invisible Achievement Gap
This report reviews high school dropout rates and related factors in rural high schools throughout 15 Southern and Southwestern states. These schools are in districts that are among the 800 rural districts with the highest student poverty rate nationally. Seventy-seven percent of the "Rural 800" districts and 87 percent of the students in them are in these fifteen targeted states.Date:
May 19, 2010
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Related Tags: Achievement Gap, Graduation Rate/Dropout, Income Related Issues, PDF, Report, Rural 800/900, Rural Education Policy, Title I
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Related Tags: Achievement Gap, Graduation Rate/Dropout, Income Related Issues, PDF, Report, Rural 800/900, Rural Education Policy, Title I
Why Rural Matters 2009: State and Regional Challenges and Opportunities
Why Rural Matters 2009 is the fifth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. Date:
October 30, 2009
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Related Tags: All States, Assessing Student Work, Consolidation, Distance Learning, Education Policy and Activism, Educational Technology, English Language Learners (ELL), Income Related Issues, K-12, PDF, Report, RT Policy Department, Rural 800/900, Rural Trust Publication, School Finance/Funding, School/District Size, Small Schools/School Size, Teacher Issues, Title I, Why Rural Matters, Youth
Related Categories: Administrator, Community Advocate, Elected Official/Staff, Media, Networks/Groups, Parent, Policy Maker, Policy Services, Publications, Resource Center, Rural Trust Recommends, State/Region, Student, Teacher, What's New
Related Tags: All States, Assessing Student Work, Consolidation, Distance Learning, Education Policy and Activism, Educational Technology, English Language Learners (ELL), Income Related Issues, K-12, PDF, Report, RT Policy Department, Rural 800/900, Rural Trust Publication, School Finance/Funding, School/District Size, Small Schools/School Size, Teacher Issues, Title I, Why Rural Matters, Youth
