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A Teacher We Met: Terry Cornett
Agriscience teachers prepare students for one of the nation’s oldest and most-rewarding industries: growing safe and healthy food. Terry Cornett makes agriscience come alive for his students at Liberty Middle School in a rural segment of Hanover, Va. A 30-year … Continue reading
Posted in A Teacher We Met, Headlines, News, P-12 Reform, Rural, Teachers
Tagged Let's Move!, Teaching Ambassador Fellows
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The Rural Imperative
Education and the economy are inextricably linked and improving both is the rural imperative — a critical challenge facing our nation. Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a challenge and made a promise to approximately 200 educators, business … Continue reading
Supporting Rural Schools
Cross-posted from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) Blog As I’ve mentioned in this blog before, we in OESE are taking a new approach to working and helping districts build capacity, especially those who serve diverse groups of … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, News, Rural, Turnaround Schools
Tagged SIG, Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana
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4-H and Extensions Offer Partners for School Turnarounds
“I couldn’t be more hopeful, more optimistic about your generation” Secretary Duncan told a group of nearly 500 4-H youth delegates earlier today at the National 4-H Youth Conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack joined Secretary Duncan … Continue reading
Increasing Support for High-Need Rural Schools
At a time when the new normal means increasing productivity to do more with less, the Obama Administration is doing more to guide high-need rural school leaders to federal resources that some are not aware exist outside of education. While … Continue reading
Helena Embraces Problem-Solving Approach to Attract the Best Teachers
To meet the needs of their 8,145 rural students, Helena Public Schools and the Helena Education Association adopted a 2009-10 Master Agreement focused on a problem-solving approach called “consensus negotiations.” Included in the agreement is a plan that includes shared … Continue reading
Posted in Labor-Management, Rural
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Rural Charter School Makes Education Real for Students
The community of Walton, Kansas, has embraced a charter school as a tool for designing an educational program that is meaningful in their distant rural town. Using a charter school grant from the U.S. Department of Education, the Walton 21st … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, P-12 Reform, Rural, Teacher Practitioner, Teachers
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Duncan Focuses on Fixing NCLB for Rural Schools
Secretary Duncan teamed up with John Hill, director of the National Rural Education Association, during a call to both journalists from rural communities and education writers who cover rural schools on Wednesday, January 26. The Secretary and Hill discussed the … Continue reading
Posted in ESEA Reauthorization, News, P-12 Reform, Rural
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Congressional Staffer Becomes Rural Teacher
In 2007, RaSheda Workman traded in a congressional staff position to become a high school science teacher at Sunshine High School in Newbern, Alabama. In 2008, she earned the Cable in the Classroom Leaders in Learning Award. Becoming a teacher … Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Rural, Teachers
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