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"RURAL GEOGRAPHY MATTERS" IS THEME OF APRIL 21 OCRE MEETING
"Rural Geography Matters: Understanding Different Rural Needs through Definitions and Data" will be her subject when Jocelyn Richgels, Associate Director, National Policy Programs for the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI), reports to the meeting of Organizations Concerned about Rural Education on April 21, 2011.
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DUNCAN ANNOUNCES WINNERS
FOR "RACE TO TOP" FUNDS
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that ten applicants will receive grants in the second phase of the Race to the Top competition. Along with Phase 1 winners Delaware and Tennessee, 11 states and the District of Columbia have now been awarded money in the Obama administration's groundbreaking education reform program that will directly impact 13.6 million students and 980,000 teachers in 25,000 schools. The ten winning Phase 2 applications in alphabetical order are the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island. Most of the states have many rural and small town schools districts within them. "These states show what is possible when adults come together to do the right thing for children," said Secretary Duncan. "Every state that applied showed a tremendous amount of leadership and a bold commitment to education reform." See details.
RURAL DISTRICTS CAN GET
HELP APPLYING FOR GRANTS
Rural communities with school districts serving high poverty regions can receive assistance in developing their applications for the U.S. Education Department's "Investing in Innovation" (i3) grant competition through a new $1.4 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the Rural School and Community Trust (Rural Trust.) The program will address the challenges and provide customized technical assistance for rural school districts seeking i3 grants. In addition, the Kellogg and Walmart Foundations committed $9 million to a fund to provide capital to rural districts for the required matching funds for the Investing in Innovation grant program. Without targeted assistance, rural districts find it difficult to compete for the funds. See story..
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