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Speak Your Piece: Come Visit a Small School that Works
11/16/2007
fruithurst signFruithurst is a small, rural Alabama town with a school that definitely doesn't serve the sons and daughters of millionaires. And every child is successful. Every one.
Education | Main Street Economics
Half of Southern Public School Students Now Low Income
11/15/2007
school kidsLow-income students drop out more, score lower on tests and are less likely to go to college. Now they are half the students in the South, California and Oregon.
Education
Drumming Up Students for Rural Colleges
11/08/2007
students at UM MorrisRural colleges are sending admissions ambassadors to city high schools to recruit new students. Out-of-state? No problem - you may qualify for in-state tuition.
Education
Rule Change Will Reduce School Funding
11/05/2007
school busThere have been several stories out in the last month about a proposed Medicaid rule change proposed by the Bush administration. (Here and here .) The federal government is proposing to stop using Medicaid money for a variety of non-medical programs in the schools — including the transport of disabled students. California alone would lose $100 million. The Rural School and Community Trust says comments on the proposal will be accepted through Tuesday.
Education
Rural School Enrollments: Diverse and Rising
10/24/2007
rural school enrollmentA new study of public education shows there are more rural students -- many of them non-English speakers -- and big changes needed to provide the types schools where they will succeed.
Ag and Trade | Education
Missing: Next Generation of Vets and Ag Scientists
10/02/2007
North Carolina Extension ServiceRural America was built on research and education. Now, students are avoiding the courses and degrees in fields vital to agriculture.
Education | Growth and Development
Encouraging Migration Out of Rural China
09/06/2007
Rural school in ChinaChina is in the middle of a massive demographic transition, as millions of workers move from rural regions to the cities. The U.S. faced a similar shift decades ago and adopted strikingly different policies.
Education
Communities Try to Save Local Schools â€" in Wales, as in Arkansas
07/31/2007
saving small schools in WalesThe same battles rural communities are fighting in the U.S. to keep their community schools open are being waged in Wales.
Education | Racing For '08/Archive
Speak Your Piece: We Don't Need A War On Poverty, Just Good Schools
07/22/2007
LBJ and Tom Fletcher, War On PovertyHomer Marcum was a high school junior when a covey of helicopters flew into his hometown of Inez, Kentucky. Lyndon Johnson stepped out of one bird and onto Tom Fletcher's porch, where the president proceeded to declare a "war on poverty."
Education
Letter from Langdon: The Field of Public Education Isn't Flat
07/11/2007
Missouri River flood in Holt CountyFor small towns with "Quick Stop" economies, the current federal rules for school testing and funding don't work and won't work. Richard Oswald of Atchison County, Missouri, describes the lay of the land.
Daily Yonder | Keep It Rural
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