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Voters in the Central Plains school district near Great Bend will decide Tuesday whether to dissolve the district. If the measure passes, the Kansas Board of Education would redraw boundaries and assign the district’s territory into neighboring districts.
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Some schools across the country are under pressure to reopen for in-person classes, even in states like Idaho where coronavirus cases continue to rise out of control.
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EFFINGHAM, Kansas — In 2014, a cash-strapped school district in rural northeast Kansas turned to its residents with a plea: Pay a little more in taxes...
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From Marfa Public Radio: In the tiny West Texas town of Valentine, population 130, there’s no gas station, and it’s a 30-mile drive to the nearest...
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From Texas Standard: Rural school districts are far away from the bustle of Texas cities and suburbs. But with those wide open spaces come fewer...
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From Texas Standard: When the 2019 Texas legislative session gaveled in earlier this month, leadership named fixing the state’s troubled school finance...
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From Texas Standard: Texas ranks 28th in teacher salaries, according to the most recent data . Teachers here make about $7,000 less than the national...
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The Arickaree School District in northeast Colorado is find ways that technology can help solve the state’s teacher shortage, which involves a…
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Low pay is being blamed for a teacher shortage in parts of rural Colorado.As Colorado Public Radio reports, teachers’ salaries in rural Colorado can be…
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Rural school enrollment is on the decline in Oklahoma—and funding to rural communities is going down with it.As The Tulsa World reports, small towns like…