An effort in one rural county in North Carolina is underway to address the alarming rate of student suspensions and keep students in school so they can achieve and become responsible citizens…
High-poverty rural districts in the mountains of eastern Kentucky lost more than $3 million in Title I allocation in 2007. The state’s largest district, with a lower rate of student poverty, saw its Title I allocation increase by a little over $3 million during the same time…
A lawsuit in Iowa claims the state’s lack of academic standards and inadequate programs, rather than funding, is causing achievement gaps across the state…
Marty Strange, Policy Director of the Rural Trust, offers reflections on student testing and the measures some schools are taking to relieve students’ test anxiety…
Rural Trust webinars are offering rural education advocates useful information in accessible and enjoyable formats. The upcoming webinar in May is the last webinar that is available free to anyone who signs up. Members of the Rural School Innovation Network will continue to have free access to these high-quality, rural-focussed events…
The Maine Coalition to Save Schools may continue collecting signatures in its drive to overturn a 2007 law mandating extensive district consolidation...
An analysis of district level scores on Kentucky’s state standardized tests produces results different from a straight ranking, and offers important insight for how low-wealth rural districts can improve…
Any report that emphasizes the point that rural schools get less than their fair share of public resources and need more funding to compete on a level playing field serves an important purpose in informing public education policy…
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