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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 […]

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

The Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools is proud to join the United States Department of Education in celebrating outstanding schools.

It is with great sadness that I share that Dr. Jim Beddow, a friend and former Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) Board Member, passed away on Sunday, June 25 after a brief and unexpected illness. I had the privilege to serve with Jim on the RSC board and watched him support rural and small schools with

AIRSS joined an advisory group to review and redesign the EBF Spending Plan with ISBE.

The teacher shortage has become a hard reality in 2023.

AIRSS looks forward to working with Dr. Sanders to support his vision for education in Illinois and sharing with him the perspective and realities of our rural and small schools.

Creating a national rural teacher corps movement is imperative for the success of our schools and communities.

Carlin Smock’s project has been selected to be a Celia B. Godsil Grants in Place Fellow for the 2022-23 school year.

The head of the Macomb school system said small, rural districts are not being heard in Springfield.