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Download full textCenter for Public Education, National School Boards Association, 2023
Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. students attend rural schools. Researchers report that at least half of public schools are rural in 12 states (i.e., Montana, South Dakota, Vermont, North Dakota, Maine, Alaska, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Iowa, and Mississippi) (Showalter et al., 2019). Providing quality education to all rural students is a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Education, Public Education, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedFranzak, Judith K.; Porter, Heather D.; Harned, Courtney – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2019
The study explores how literacy sponsorship (Brandt, 2001) is constructed in a United States rural region by focusing on the discourse of rural teachers and students. Data included interviews with teachers and students, classroom observations, an environmental print literacy scan, and analysis of community and classroom-based texts. A multi-cycle…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes
Showalter, Daniel; Hartman, Sara L.; Johnson, Jerry; Klein, Bob – Rural School and Community Trust, 2019
The majority of rural students attend school in a state where they make up less than 25 percent of public school enrollment. More than one rural student in four lives in states where rural students constitute less than 15 percent of overall enrollment. "Why Rural Matters 2018-19: The Time Is Now," shows that nearly 7.5 million public…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Public Schools, Student Diversity, Educational Policy
Showalter, Daniel; Klein, Robert; Johnson, Jerry; Hartman, Sara L. – Rural School and Community Trust, 2017
More than one in four of America's public schools are rural, and nearly one in six of the nation's students are in rural areas. Many children and their families in rural America need better and more equitable educational opportunities. This is the main theme of "Why Rural Matters 2015-16: Understanding the Changing Landscape," the eighth…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Public Schools, Equal Education, Rural Education
Boone, Peter; Fazzio, Ila; Jandhyala, Kameshwari; Jayanty, Chitra; Jayanty, Gangadhar; Johnson, Simon; Ramachandrin, Vimala; Silva, Filipa; Zhan, Zhaoguo – Centre for Economic Performance, 2013
We conducted a survey covering 20% of villages with 200-1000 population in rural Guinea-Bissau. We interviewed household heads, care-givers of children, and their teachers and schools. We analysed results from 9,947 children, aged 7-17, tested for literacy and numeracy competency. Only 27% of children were able to add two single digits, and just…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Education, Literacy, Numeracy
Johnson, Jerry; Showalter, Daniel; Klein, Robert; Lester, Christine – Rural School and Community Trust, 2014
"Why Rural Matters 2013-14" is the seventh in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the seventh in a series, this report is not simply an…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Schools, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy
