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Download full textLeech, Nancy L.; Haug, Carolyn A.; Rodriguez, Eleanor; Gold, Molly – Rural Educator, 2022
Retaining teachers is a problem in all districts but is especially difficult in rural areas. This survey research asked teachers in a western state to respond to open ended questions regarding their choice for teaching in a rural or urban area. Results indicate teachers work in a rural locale because they grew up in the area, already lived there…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Persistence, Educational Environment
Robin Clausen – Rural Educator, 2024
Rurality in education research is a function of the size of the school, the distance of a school in relation to urban areas, and factors within each school that may differentiate the school community based on geography. Distance matters. This study finds variation between rural communities at different distances from an urban center and…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Rural Population, Socioeconomic Influences
Hodges, Jaret; Ottwein, Jessica K. – Rural Educator, 2021
For nearly two decades, the state of Texas mandated gifted education services and provided funding to public school districts. One policy that was unique to the state was a mandatory minimum spending requirement. This research examines how mandatory minimum spending floors influenced spending in public school districts within the state and how…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Gifted Education, Educational Finance, Financial Policy
O'Shea, Cailen M.; Zuckerman, Sarah J. – Rural Educator, 2022
This qualitative study compares the instructional leadership practices of rural and non-rural principals, seeking to understand contextually based differences in how principals create a focus on teaching and learning. Principals across settings report similarities in instructional leadership tasks; however, they reported significant contextual…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Rural Urban Differences, Educational Legislation
Frankland, Maria – Rural Educator, 2021
Twenty-five percent of U.S. schoolchildren attend a rural school. Yet, rural school issues are typically subsumed by debates focused on urban problems and the misguided notion of ample resources available for their remediation. These assumptions belie the reality of the spatial mismatch that exists for rural schools, especially around mental…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Trauma, Mental Health, At Risk Students
Longhurst, Jesse; Thier, Michael – Rural Educator, 2021
This study examined publicly available data from the Institution of Education Sciences (IES) survey of school leaders concerning modes of instructions offered and subgroups prioritized during the COVID-19 pandemic. We asked: Do national data regarding instructional modes (i.e., remote, hybrid, and in-person) during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, COVID-19, Pandemics, Elementary Schools
