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In an America where discrimination as well as pay ... about a third of the children at our small rural school receive free lunches and other services. That portion of the school population ...

High-poverty rural schools needed to replace 28 percent of teachers every ... “These grants have allowed us to be competitive,” he said. “We’ve been able to say to a young college graduate, ‘Come here ...

(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) Somewhere in rural America there are answers and solutions to the challenges ... Stuart: Even a smaller community, Stuart (482), motivated to save its hometown public schools, ...

Agua Dulce, Texas — From 2010 to 2020, the population of rural America declined, marking the first decade-long loss in history, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That's presented a problem ...

In rural communities, like the many we have here in North Carolina, local public schools are often community hubs, serving as ...

Yonder looks into how, after the Department of Government Efficiency cut over $400 million worth of AmeriCorps grants across ...

When I got a passport to go on an educational trip to Nicaragua after my freshman year of high school, my overseas ... other House members representing rural America, would create enormous ...

Rural America is often covered in the national press as a monolith ... and a weak tax base for supporting schools. And, of course, the reason the six CDFIs got together in the first place.

Schools in Maine have been at the center of a political battle with the Trump administration. Now, many fear after-school ...

Rural food startups may be leveraging the social capital aligned with the legacy of agriculture in rural America, resulting in a renewed interest in craft and local foods. This includes a renaissance ...