Time to invest in rural education
Writing in Kappan’s December 1983 issue, guest editor Jonathan Sher noted that rural children have...
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How educational intermediaries connect research and practice
Knowledge brokers seek to transform education practice by sharing research, but are they effective...
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Joni Lakin recommends How Schools Really Matter
How Schools Really Matter: Why Our Assumption About Schools and Inequality Is Mostly Wrong By...
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Partnerships to offer advanced learning for all students
Photo courtesy American Museum of Natural History The Science Research Mentoring Consortium gives...
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Four principles for assessing student-directed projects
The individualized nature of student projects makes them a challenge to assess. Here’s how...
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When five shrinks to four: Assessing the four-day school week in rural locales
More rural school districts are adopting four-day weeks. But is it good for students? On July 27,...
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When activists speak with sound and fury
Years ago, when I was serving as a district superintendent, a pair of 3rd-grade girls approached...
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Harnessing the power of career changers to address teacher shortages
Who will teach? That’s a question school administrators across the country have been asking, as...
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Helping new teachers stay and thrive in rural schools
A few simple strategies can help teachers feel connected to their communities, motivating them to...
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The rights of rural students
The plight of rural schools, attended by nearly one in five public school students, is well...
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Ongoing dilemmas for rural schools
The December 1983 Kappan featured the story of Clinch School in Hawkins County, Tennessee. The...
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Rural communities need better state education policies
Rural superintendents weigh in on the challenges their districts face. Any educator who has worked...
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