Rural schools
Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs
When the computers are in charge, students complain ‘ain’t nobody really teaching’
After years of inaction, Delta teacher shortage reaches ‘crisis’ levels
Districts scrambling for staff put uncertified teachers in classrooms
Rural colleges aren’t supplying the workers rural businesses and agriculture need
Both sides concede they don’t often talk to each other, resulting in a widening skills gap
As jobs grow hard to fill, businesses join the drive to push rural residents toward college
Companies need more people with degrees but struggle to find them
Farm-related projects bring classroom lessons to life
The Milton Hershey School embeds agriculture and environmental education into all classes
Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers
A struggling West Virginia district sends teachers to students’ homes to help them get to college
A rural charter school splits an Oklahoma town
A businessman makes an end run around community opponents to bring a charter school to a struggling small town. Now, he wants to expand to others like it.
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Some colleges extend scholarships and other help to rural high school grads
They see benefits to diversity — and their own bottom lines — in having rural students
The big jobs of small-town principals
Rural school leaders have some of the most complex roles in education — and some of the highest attrition
Using teacher-leaders to improve schools
“Opening the door for innovation” by extending the impact of the best teachers to more students