Keeping Rural Schools Up to Speed

THE Journal

In this article, McREL Senior Director of Research Andrea Beesley writes about the challenges facing rural schools, such as less access to advanced courses and difficulty recruiting and retaining high-quality teachers, and how best to address them. An obvious solution, Beesley writes, is online courses and professional development. However, while rural schools often have excellent access to technology, the way technology is provided and serviced as well as the level of connectivity varies greatly among schools and districts. Beesley makes the case that overcoming these challenges in order to provide high-quality instruction for both students and teachers is well worth the effort.

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