Since 2012, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has supported educational enrichment in rural areas by awarding over $3.3 million in grants to six outstanding organizations operating in Iowa, Indiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. In this report, the authors combine the experiences of these organizations with findings from the…

Indiana English learners (ELs) constitute a rapidly growing portion of the state's school-aged population, and those classified as limited English proficient are low performers on the state test. The purpose of this embedded mixed methods study was to understand how school personnel respond to accountability mandates, interpret test scores, and…

Rural school districts often struggle with attracting and retaining high-quality teachers, especially in science subject areas. However, little is known about STEM in-service teachers' lived experiences of rural teaching as they relate to retention. In this phenomenographical study, six rural in-service science teachers were interviewed regarding…

THE RESPONSES OF FIRST GRADERS TO THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT READING ARE REPORTED. SUBJECTS, 111 PUPILS IN FIVE 1ST-GRADE CLASSROOMS IN THREE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN INDIANA AND MICHIGAN, WERE INTERVIEWED AND THEIR RESPONSES WERE ANALYZED AND CLASSIFIED INTO LOGICAL CATEGORIES. WHEN ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO LEARN TO READ, A NEGATIVE ANSWER WAS GIVEN BY FOUR…