A small, project-based charter school in Kansas which integrates agricultural concepts into curricula is raising money to expand in order to accommodate more students. Read Full Post >
New legislation in Congress would overhaul the Title I funding formula, which rural advocates say favors larger, urban areas over poor, rural districts and small cities. Read Full Post >
Cost and resource levels make it harder to incorporate technology at many of the nation's rural schools, said the U.S. Department of Education's point person for technology, and finding ways to overcome those obstacles is part of the follow-up work being done in response to a Rural Education Technol... Read Full Post >
The U.S. Department of Education's top rural education official said strong school leadership is more critical to improving low-performing, high-need schools than providing schools additional federal turnaround models to try. John White, deputy secretary for rural outreach, told the Rural Education... Read Full Post >
The Education Department's point person for rural schools says the administration will push to make federal education law more flexible for small districts where teachers have multiple roles. Read Full Post >
How much is local identity in small, rural communities worth? Add another state to the list of those trying to answer that controversial question when it comes to funding schools. Read Full Post >
Rural School and Community Trust is asking school districts affected by numbers weighting to share the details. Read Full Post >
Jerry Johnson of the Rural School and Community Trust gives his take on the 19 finalists vying for a cut of the $3.4 billion left in Race to the Top. Read Full Post >
Rural schools need reforms in federal education policy that provide support, not ultimatums, rural educators told a U.S. Senate committee meeting in Wyoming. Read Full Post >
Arne Duncan announced an initiative to create a National Learning Registry to help organize digital educational resources for teachers and students. Read Full Post >
