This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s CTE: Revitalizing Rural Schools through Career Technical Education
Guest author and veteran educator Joe Brewer shares how CTE programming improves student outcomes
2024 Rural IL CTE Project Report Now Available
A First-of-its-Kind Report on the Status and Health of Rural Illinois Career & Technical Education Programming
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2024 National Signature Project Award
The NATIONAL SIGNATURE PROJECT AWARD is awarded annually to an outstanding and innovative classroom project that exemplifies the very best in rural, place-based education. The National Signature Project Award is open to any rural classroom teacher in the United States, and it is jointly funded by Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) and the National Rural Education
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Horace Mann and Illinois Principals Association Announce 2024 Illinois High School Principal of the Year
Contact: Dr. Jason E. Leahy, Executive Director, Illinois Principals Association Phone: 217-525-1383 Email: jason@ilprincipals.org Horace Mann and the Illinois Principals Association are pleased to announce that Natalie Page, principal of Sesser-Valier High School in Sesser, has been named the 2024 Illinois High School Principal of the Year. The award recognizes high school principals who have demonstrated
As a Tennessee rural educator, I fear that school voucher expansion will hurt our children
by Dr. Allen Pratt The National Rural Education Association (NREA) advocates for equitable educational opportunities for the nearly 9 million students attending rural public schools across America. Tennessee has over 600,000 students in rural districts that are the backbone of our communities. But now our rural schools face an existential threat from school vouchers. Public rural schools
Investing in Rural Prosperity
A new book explores strategies for cultivating thriving rural communities.
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#FundTheFormula Campaign
Prioritizing at least $350M for EBF in the Governor’s FY23 Budget and State of the State Address.
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Monmouth TARTANS, Students Share Rural Teacher Corps Experience
The TARTANS rural teacher corps program shared experiences from the program and answered questions from a national audience of rural educators.
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Triple-I and AIRSS – successful conference beginnings…
AIRSS receives an overflowing audience at this year’s IASB Joint Conference.
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Illinois State Board of Education Board Member visit Rural Schools with AIRSS
Illinois State Board of Education member Dr. Kevin Settle visits Southern Illinois rural schools with AIRSS Executive Director Dave Ardrey.
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