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Rural Policy Matters: October 2011
Last Updated: October 27, 2011
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Facts and Figures About States With Highest State Funding for Rural Schools
Question: Which five states spend the highest percentage of state education funds on rural schools?
Global Teacher Fellowships Alter Lives of Participants
New energy and a renewed enthusiasm for teaching and learning are only some of the benefits for teachers who participated in the 2011 Rural Trust Global Fellowship Program...
Apply for a Rural Trust Global Teacher Fellowship
Apply now for a Rural Trust Global Teacher Fellowship and travel the world...
Upcoming Webinar — Rural Classroom: Importance of Cooperative Learning
Join us for a November 10th webinar featuring the experience of 2011 Global Teacher Fellows...
Judge Suspends Portions of Alabama Immigration Law Affecting K-12 Education
A federal court has temporarily suspended portions of Alabama’s new immigration law, including requirements that schools report the immigration status of all newly enrolling students and their parents.
Why Some High-Scoring i3 Rural Projects Did Not Receive Funding
A Rural Trust analysis of rural i3 proposals that earned almost enough points to receive funding finds that the paucity of research and evaluation on rural schools may have hurt these applicants...
Investing in Innovation Round Two Rural Priority
Applications for the latest round of Investing in Innovations grants are in, and a new rural “absolute priority” should result in projects more genuinely focused on rural schools...
Northeast Tennessee College and Career Ready Consortium Webinar
The latest Rural Trust webinar on innovation in rural education featured the Niswonger Foundation’s College and Career Ready Consortium, which serves 26,100 students in 29 Tennessee high schools. We touch the highlights of that webinar here...
Formula Fairness Campaign Update
The Children's Defense Fund has listed the elimination of number weighting in the Title I formulas as a priority for the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Colorado Task Force Recommends End to Zero Tolerance; New Study Details Disparity in Discipline Rates across Country
Colorado is looking to end zero tolerance policies and institute age-appropriate school disciplinary practices that help students learn positive behavior...
Texas Faces New School Finance Litigation
A “hold harmless” provision in a remedy to a previous Texas lawsuit locked in higher school funding for high-wealth districts through a hold-harmless provision that directs higher rates of state funding to districts with high property values. That remedy is now under fire...
Alaska Rural Districts’ Case Decided
After more than a decade, the Alaska legislature has implemented a funding formula that provides facilities funding for rural districts at levels equitable to urban districts...
New Finance Lawsuit in Montana
A lawsuit seeks funding that plaintiffs say was cut out of the state’s education budget...
Rural New Jersey Districts Head Back to Court
Rural districts in New Jersey are seeking recognition of their unique needs...
Average Scores in NAEP Science (2009) at Grades 4, 8, and 12, By School Locale
The average NAEP science scores of rural students fall over time...
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