Challenges Facing Schools in Rural America

Autor/inn/en	Tieken, Mara Casey; Montgomery, M. K.
Titel	Challenges Facing Schools in Rural America
Quelle	In: State Education Standard, 21 (2021) 1, S.6-11 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1540-8000
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Rural Areas; Social Differences; Racial Differences; Rural Education; Well Being; COVID-19; Pandemics; Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Equal Education; Community Leaders; Administrators; Local History; Funding Formulas; Educational Finance; Taxes; Real Estate; Elementary Secondary Education; Rural Schools; Institutional Characteristics; Diversity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sozialer Unterschied; Rassenunterschied; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Community leadership; Gemeindeleitung; Ortsgeschichte; Funding; Finanzierung; Bildungsfonds; Abgabe; Grundstück; Rural areas; School; Schools; Schule; Schulen
Abstract	Rural America is experiencing an era of unprecedented demographic change, as rural communities of color are growing--an expansion that is necessary for keeping rural America thriving. But racial and class inequality divides many rural places, threatening rural students' education and rural communities' well-being, and the current pandemic is already exacerbating these divides. If these inequalities go unchecked, they will jeopardize rural communities across the country. Education leaders play an important role in addressing these inequalities. Policymakers must spend time in rural communities and schools, getting to know their unique obstacles and opportunities and, importantly, their most pressing equity issues. They should partner with rural leaders--school administrators but also community leaders like pastors and organizers--to design policies. These policies must account for the local context, such as a town's brutal racial history or the effects of a recently closed mill or long and mountainous bus routes. These details will dramatically shape a policy's effectiveness. Policymakers must change education funding formulas: relying on property taxes to fund schools only perpetuates educational injustice. Rural schools need policies that promise all students, no matter where they live, a well-resourced, community-responsive education. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of State Boards of Education. 2121 Crystal Drive Suite 350, Arlington, VA 22202. Tel: 800-368-5023; Tel: 703-684-4000; Fax: 703-836-2313; e-mail: boards@nasbe.org; Web site: https://www.nasbe.org/category/the-standard/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01