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More than 9.3 million students go to public schools in rural areas, more than the combined total of the nation’s 85 largest school districts.
Rural schools, ranging from the Black Belt in the South to tiny Alaska Native villages, have many strengths but grapple with funding disparities, teacher shortages and limited college and career opportunities. Solutions are seldom explored because few reporters focus on rural schools.
Latinos have some of the lowest education levels in the country, but poverty and immigration fears aren’t holding back some students and schools trying to break the cycle
Unless America dramatically changes its public school funding model, the current $122 billion meant to shore up K-12 education will do little to fundamentally change how reliant schools are on local money
Teachers, parents and administrators from across the country told us what it’s like to be in school this year and how completely not normal it’s already become
Wyoming has the highest rates of suicide in the nation and some teens here say learning about prevention in schools is a “no-brainer,” but adults are still debating how, and whether, to make it happen
The nation’s schools, which could serve as community shelters, are not ready to withstand the floods, wildfires and hurricanes that are expected to be even more common in the near future
A fleet of mobile immersive labs gives students in rural and low-income communities hands-on STEM experiences
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