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Immigrant Teachers in Rural Schools, Visas Now Threatened
In the "perfect storm" of funding inequities, fewer people choosing to become teachers, and the political attacks schools,
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Teacher Training for Rural Schools Deemed "DEI" and Defunded
It's always been difficult to recruit teachers to rural schools. Young teachers commonly choose the social and cultural
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More on Rural School Closures
I wrote a few days ago about proposals to preserve rural schools as hubs of their communities. Just this morning,
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Rural School Preserves: A Proposal
One in five young people in the U.S. attends a rural school. Many are poor and working-class students. With
Berea College: Tuition Free for Appalachian Students for Decades
Most students at Berea College in southeast Kentucky graduate debt free. 99% of them are Pell grant eligible, meaning that
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The Power to Deny Poor Families Internet Access
For a decade, libraries have been lending portable wifi hotspots to residents so that students, families, job seekers, elderly people
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"Horrific" Cuts to Rural Schools [Refusing Despair]
The Superintendent of Public Instruction in my state of Washington has released his analysis of the "horrific" impact
Rural Students and Declining Opportunity
Rural students enrolled at regional public universities are facing declining opportunities as their underfunded colleges slash majors. While many colleges
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Rural Students Appearing on the Admissions Radar
In winter when the trees were bare, I could see the field of corn stubble from my bedroom window, just