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Challenges Facing Schools in Rural America - Coggle Diagram
Challenges Facing Schools in
Rural America
What Is “Rural”?
definitions
The U.S. census, for example, classifies places outside of those with 2,500 or more residents as “rural.”
While most definitions put the rural or nonmetropolitan population at around 20 percent of the country’s residents,
swings to 17-49%
fictional view
Rural America is much more diverse than it is usually made out to be.
people of color make up about 20 percent of the nation’s rural population.
Of these 10.3
million residents,
40% African American
35% Hispanic
25% Native American, Asian, Asian Pacific Islander or multiracial
2000- 2010 nonwhite population grew by 19.8 %
rural white stayted the same
Rural economies are also diverse
1 in 10 rural worker is employed "traditional rural" jobs.
those jobs are declining
rural areas are still not recoved from the 2007 resestion and are still on top of the new one.
Poverty
2017
32% black
31% Native
24.5% Latinx
13.5 % white
“Rural America,” then, is actually “rural Americas,” a loose aggregate of racially separate and unequal places.
strenghts
economic growth
expanding populations
immigrants bring
ideas
Resorces
human capital
Characteristics of Rural Schools
1/3 of public schools are rural
1/5 or 9.3 million students are in rural schools
rural have higher graduation rates
higher score on National Assessment of Educational Progress
rural low-income students fare better academically.
rural school influence the surrounding comunity
Disparities
Test
score gap between rural white and rural Latinx and African American Studetns
graduation
the rural/urban bachelor’s degree gap is actually growing; 19 percent of nonmetro adults have bachelor’s degrees compared with 33 percent of adults in metropolitan areas.
Funding
Only 17 percent of state education funding goes to rural districts, federal Title I formulas can disadvantage low-population rural places, and narrowly directed competitive grants are often not much help.
1- in 4 live in poverty
13% under age 6 are in deep poverty BELOW HALF THE POVERTY LINE
Advanced work
73% of rural offer advanced math classes
high teacher turn over
lower salaries
Policy Disconnects
Charter and Choice movement
rural areas cant suport multiple choices
limited or not good enough resources
No Child Left Behind Act
turnaround models (not enough teachers to rehire everyone)
Every Student Succeeds Act
Staffing requirements
too small hire pools
Construction policy
minimum size cause bankrupise
Funding policy
not enough money
hard to write grants
Rural Schools and the Pandemic
digital divide
low or no access to... services
medical
social
mental health
rural college access is limited
no in person tours
reluctance to travel far from home
logistical and cost chanlenges
long bus routes
large retiring teachers
budget cuts
Heightened infection rates
Conclusion
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
State leaders must act
: Rural schools need policies that promise all students, no matter where they live, a well-resourced, community-responsive education.
leader need to spend time in rural comunities
partner with local leaders in designing policies
change funding formulas in funding education
Challenges Facing Schools in Rural America
"In schools accustomed to making a little go a long way, the pandemic increased the burden."