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Welcome to the Rural Sites Online Community where you can contribute to conversations about 

  • Complex issues of teaching, working, and learning in rural settings
  • Critical pedagogy of place and place-based learning
  • Leadership roles of rural educators
  • Rural research, educational policy, and working with rural communities 

CONVERSE: Interests and Issues

What are the hot topics in your rural place?  Join a conversation about an interest or issue affecting your school or district, start a new conversation on a related topic, or begin a new conversation on a new topic.

CRITIQUE: Rural Reads

Help build reading lists of Professional Texts on Rural Education and Books with Rural Settings, read featured professional texts and join related discussion forums, or share a summary and/or review of a text related to rural education.

CONTRIBUTE: Resources

Share information about grants and resources available to schools and teachers in rural areas, explore a featured leadership resource, and catch up on the latest articles related to rural education.

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Where We Live/Work

Maine: Where I'm from

Added by Tanya Baker on Jul 24, 2011 at 10:41am | 0 comments

Cajun Prairie Sunset

Added by David Pulling on Nov 15, 2011 at 7:42pm | 0 comments

Rural Is ...

  • Rural is having students 1,000 miles from one another-- in the same state-- writing to one another and inquiring if they speak the same language.
    Tom McKenna
    Nov 16, 8:35am
  • Rural is . . . driving across the Cajun Prairie this post-harvest time of year and seeing from hither to yon across the bald flatness of the fields.
    David Pulling
    Nov 15, 7:32pm
  • Rural means we can walk out the back door of our classroom building at the university and hold a writing session in the redwood forest. Inspirational!
    Sue McIntyre
    Nov 14, 2:03pm
  • @Steph WP_ glad to see ya! Don't just poke around, feel free to offer suggestions for change/editing/ etc.
    Lynette Herring-Harris
    Aug 5, 2:19pm
  • I'm here! Can't wait to poke around and add some content. Thanks, Lynetter & Sue.
    Stephanie West-Puckett
    Aug 5, 12:27pm
  • Here's to good friends and cherished colleagues! May this resource keep us together!!
    David Pulling
    Jul 26, 9:05am
  • Lynette and Sue, well done! This is awesome and will only get better as teachers make use of it's organic nature. Way to go!
    Mike Rush
    Jul 24, 4:19am
  • I <3 my rural community!
    Sue McIntyre
    Jul 23, 4:56pm
  • @LHH... I have now, thank you.
    Tanya Baker
    Jul 23, 1:51pm
  • Have you checked out Amy Anazo's research in the lastest issue of JRRE?
    Lynette Herring-Harris
    Jul 23, 11:16am
  • Have you checked out Amy Anazo's research in the lastest issue of JRRE?
    Lynette Herring-Harris
    Jul 23, 11:16am