The president’s proposed 2014 budget names rural education as a concern, but it fails to address the real needs of smaller schools and districts. Caitlin Howley disects the rural education provisions in the 2014 budget plan.
Tyson pays $4 million penalty for air pollution • South Dakota subsidizes lawyers to work in small communities • North Florida broadband program struggles with local support.
There's another story to tell about low-income rural students and their potential for achievement at top universities. Nobody tells it better than the graduates themselves.
Chains of low-expectation rattle in too many rural high schools, holding young people and their communities down. Timothy Collins delivers a Gothic editorial on education.
Trained for the Frontier Nursing Service, pioneering women combined their skills with longstanding home health practices in the mountains, birthing and healing.
High-achieving students from rural schools rarely apply to prestigious colleges. Ivy League recruiters aren't looking for them. But a community in South Texas opened doors, sending its teenagers to top universities and bringing their talents back home.
Traditional salaried work is less and less reliable. In rural Colorado, young adults are experimenting with another economy, based on barter, collaboration, and mutual help.
Women's lives were absent from the study of history until the 1970s. Gerda Lerner took herself and her students seriously, demanding that universities do the same.