We know your schedule is full, so we’re going to make things a little easier for you.
To help you stay in the know, in each issue of our newsletter, we will highlight a few interesting recent articles and videos that connect to rural education. We’ve also included a few that aren’t quite so current–but are meaningful reads. Please feel free to click through the links, and if you have topics you’d like us to highlight, email us at ruraled@ksu.edu. We would love the input!
The Rural School and Community Trust provides an extensive collection of rural statistics in Why Rural Matters 2018-2019; The Time is Now. This report is compiled by Daniel Showalter, Eastern Mennonite University; Sara L. Hartman and Bob Klein, both of Ohio University, and Kansas State University’s Jerry Johnson, who is chair of the College of Education’s Educational Leadership Department and the Lydia E. Skeen Endowed Professor in Education. Why Rural Matters
KSU’s Tuan Nguyen has co-authored a national journal article on teacher turnover. Teacher Turnover
Here’s the story of one administrator’s efforts to change her school district and community. New Approaches
Place-based language arts writing curriculum provides opportunities for rural writers. Rural writing
What helps recruit new teachers to rural areas? This article analyzes data from 14 institutions. Recruiting to Rural
A rural education expert shares some of the issues rural schools are dealing with during the pandemic in this transcript of a Harvard Graduate School of Education podcast. Covid-19’s Impact on Rural Schools
Here’s an article highlighting a Iowa rural school’s transportation, including how the need for social distancing because of the pandemic has affected their budget. Transportation
And, finally, we offer a look at North Carolina rural schools–and how they’re trying to overcome the digital divide. NC Digital Divide