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10 Million Children: Teaching and Learning in Rural Schools
Free Webcast
Sponsored by the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC)
Rural schools and districts face unique opportunities and challenges by virtue of their rural circumstances. Recruiting and retaining teachers and administrators in rural schools, providing high-quality professional development, accommodating increased rural diversity, and ensuring adequate resource provision to economically challenged rural schools are among the issues. This webcast will describe how state departments of education and others can help rural communities capitalize on the advantages of rural places to address their particular education challenges.
Our panel will address questions such as these:
- What current policies and issues affect rural education?
- What are the implications of current policies for rural schools in Appalachia and across the nation?
- What can educators do to meet the changing needs of learners in our rural schools?
Our interactive webcast format lets the participants take an active role. Do you want to have your voice heard on rural issues? Submit responses to the online surveys during the webcast. Do you have a rural education question that you would like our panelists to address? Participants can submit questions during the webcast for our panelists to answer during the Question and Answer session. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to interact with experts in the field of rural education.
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Introduction
Rural Research and Policy Implications, Dr. Doris Williams
Pike Country Schools, Pikeville, KY
Title I Funding in Rural Schools, Dr. Jerry Johnson
Cannon County High School, Woodbury, TN
NCLB in Rural Schools, Erin McHenry-Sorber
Question & Answer
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Introduction
Rural Research and Policy Implications, Dr. Doris Williams
Pike Country Schools, Pikeville, KY
Title I Funding in Rural Schools, Dr. Jerry Johnson
Cannon County High School, Woodbury, TN
NCLB in Rural Schools, Erin McHenry-Sorber
Question & Answer
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Additional Resources
American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES)
http://www.acres-sped.org/
Congressional Rural Caucus
http://www.house.gov/johnpeterson/ruralcaucus/about.htm
Journal of Research in Rural Education
http://www.jrre.psu.edu/
Rural Policy Matters Newsletter
http://www.ruraledu.org/site/c.beJMIZOCIrH/b.1015409/apps/
nl/newsletter.asp
The Rural Trust Webinar: Title I Funding Formula Issues Affecting Rural Districts
http://www.ruraledu.org/site/apps/nlnet/content.aspx?c=
beJMIZOCIrH&b=3937699&ct=5083831
Title I Weighted Grants Skewed Toward Largest Districts
http://people.eku.edu/johnsonje/publications/Title_1_effects.pdf
Why Rural Matters 2007: The Realities of Rural Education Growth
www.ruraledu.org/whyruralmatters
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Presenters:
- Doris Williams, Director of Capacity Building, The Rural School and Community Trust
- Jerry Johnson, Research Director, Center for Educational Research in Appalachia/Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
- Erin McHenry-Sorber, Managing Editor, Journal of Research in Rural Education
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