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Bowen, Bradley; Shume, Teresa; Kallmeyer, Alan; Altimus, Jewel – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
This study investigates the impacts of a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program on rural STEM educators and reports teachers' perspectives on how these experiences influence classroom practices. The program of focus occurred at a mid-sized university in the upper Midwest from 2016-2019. Over this period, eleven rural secondary STEM…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Rural Education, STEM Education, Faculty Development
Roberts, J. Kessa; Grant, Phillip D. – Rural Educator, 2021
College and career readiness has become a national education policy priority. With more than 9.3 million rural students in the United States, the college and career readiness of rural students is a warranted priority for rural education researchers. Using a combination of Conley's (2012) college and career readiness model, Perna's (2006) nested…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Research, Rural Education
Bridgeforth, James; Kennedy, Kate; Alonso, Jacob; Enoch-Stevens, Taylor – Rural Educator, 2021
Issues of school choice regularly appear in popular discourse related to resources, equity, and freedom in education. Although school choice policies and initiatives promote a vision of additional schooling options for all students, the predominant target of choice advocates and researchers has been densely populated, urban cores in the United…
Descriptors: Rural Education, School Choice, Educational Research, Equal Education
Singh, Benjamin – Victorian Journal of Music Education, 2021
This paper reflects the challenges and opportunities created by teaching and learning music remotely, due to the impact of COVID-19, for students and teachers living in regional areas of Australia. How teachers can collaborate with students to build positive outcomes by providing creative opportunities and presenting and promoting diversity while…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Distance Education, COVID-19
Eble, Alex; Escueta, Maya – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
Can families in low-income contexts "pull themselves up by their bootstraps?" In rural Gambia, caregivers with high aspirations for their children, measured before the child starts school, invest substantially more in their children's education. Despite this, essentially no children are literate or numerate three years later. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Supply, Literacy, Numeracy
Gwendolyn L. Davidson – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Supporting online faculty at the "community college" level to prepare them to "teach online" can be a complex matter. Faculty who are first entering the online teaching environment often start with training to help them prepare to teach online. Supporting faculty who are teaching online means understanding faculty and their…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Faculty, Rural Education, Community Colleges
Steven Hall – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to identify ways a Global Schools Initiative in rural schools, especially in northwestern North Carolina, supported students, teachers, and the greater community. The study reviewed the factors that facilitated this initiative and looked at the impact the initiative had on students, teachers, and the community. I…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Rural Education, Rural Schools, Small Schools
Eric M. Hoyt – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In 1983 the National Commission for Excellence in Education investigated claimed that U.S. schools were failing to adequately educate children. The Commission identified many inconsistencies nationwide in areas of access, teacher standards, learning standards, and accountability. This investigation led to an evolution of legislation such as the No…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Rural Education, Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness
DaVonti' DeAngelo Haynes – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Lower retention and graduation rates continue to persist among urban and Appalachian student cohorts. However, these two groups have historically been viewed as different and needing different supports to persist in their educational pursuits. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of, and integrational supports utilized by…
Descriptors: Rural Urban Differences, Urban Education, Rural Education, Academic Support Services
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2021
This document is designed to provide State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) with essential information about the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP). This informational document will supersede non-regulatory guidance on REAP published in 2003, providing information consistent with changes to the program…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Education

Stephen Hiller; Jessica Campbell; Patricia Muller; Anne-Maree Ruddy – Grantee Submission, 2024
The Green River Regional Educational Cooperative (GRREC) and its partners administered the STEM-CS intervention to support the professional learning of middle and high school STEM teachers in rural southcentral Kentucky counties. The goals of the STEM-CS intervention were to improve teacher STEM-CS knowledge, practice, implementation, and…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Rural Schools, Faculty Development, STEM Education
Stephanie Michelle Horton – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Recent data have shown that up to 65% of students in Grades 4 and 8 are reading below grade level. The problem addressed in this study was that students with a high dialect density have a more difficult time with mastery of foundational skills in reading, leading to unfortunate reading mastery outcomes as they progress through school. The purpose…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Role, Dialects, Rural Education
Jacqueline M. Tiermini – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Careers occupy a major portion of one's life and often contribute to one's identity. This action research study explored and appraised career awareness activities for K-12 students in a rural, eastern region in the United States. Data was collected from high school student participants in the form of survey and focus group sessions during the…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Education, Rural Areas
Somachi Kachikwu – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study explored the effectiveness of online teacher professional development (OTPD) initiatives in rural educational settings, with Arlington Junior School (AJS) in Uganda as the focal case. It reviewed teachers' experience with OTPD, assessed how such programs have impacted teaching practices, determined the relevance of these programs to…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teacher Workshops, Teacher Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Center 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