Filtered Rural Resilience

A Light To and From the Mountains: Appalachian Future Educators Learn and Lead at Morehead State University

June 3, 2024

RSC’s Appalachian Hub Partner Morehead State University’s student-led Appalachian Future Educators offers an inspiring model for Rural Teacher Corps everywhere.

Regional Hubs, Appalachia, Place-Based Education, Rural Teacher Corps, Rural Resilience

Grants in Place Spotlight: Learning Healthy Living in Rural Kansas

May 23, 2024

A Grants in Place award powers an action-packed learning festival for students at Kanopolis Middle School in Rural Kansas.

Regional Hubs, Kansas, Place-Based Education, Local Philanthropy, Rural Resilience, Grants in Place

Sophia Elswick, Music Teacher at Stark County High School.

Sophia Elswick - Toulon, IL

March 28, 2024

A music teacher at Stark County High School in rural Illinois, shares her story about finding community and herself while teaching in rural communities.

Power of Partnerships, Rural Teacher Corps, Teacher Profile, Rural Resilience

Jayla Gellington - Moundville, AL

March 5, 2024

Bringing real-world learning into the classroom.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Black Belt, Teacher Profile, Rural Resilience

Investing in Engagement: Exploring Community Development in Rural Arkansas

February 9, 2024

RSC Arkansas Delta partners Rural Community Alliance support community-led education projects to advance career readiness and develop local assets.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Arkansas Delta, Place-Based Education, Rural Resilience

Cultivating Connections: Innovative Place-Based Learning Transforms Perry Central

February 6, 2024

An agriculture teacher cooking up community involvement, place-based education and student pride all through investing in their rural school’s kitchen.

Place-Based Education, Rural Resilience

Arkansas Teacher Corps: Professional Development in Action

January 26, 2024

RSC recently joined our partners at Arkansas Teacher Corps for an All Corps Saturday, where teaching fellows from across the state come together for professional development and community building.

Regional Hubs, Arkansas Delta, Rural Teacher Corps, Rural Resilience

Creating a ‘Grow Your Own’ Consortium in Rural Wisconsin

January 22, 2024

A local principal has activated an organic Grow Your Own educator preparation pipeline consortium that aims to recruit and prepare individuals, starting from high school students all the way through career changers, to work as educators in their local communities.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Driftless Region, Rural Resilience

Making Summer Learning Fun in Eastern North Carolina

January 5, 2024

A partnership between East Carolina University, North Carolina State University, and local partners is growing fun and educational summer programming in rural North Carolina.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Southeast, Place-Based Education, Rural Resilience

Kindergarten students wearing orange vests picking beans in a school garden.

Celebrating our New England Partner: Deep Roots in Rural Education

October 12, 2023

Visits to rural classrooms highlight the power of place-based curriculum in connecting Maine students to their local communities.

Power of Partnerships, New England, Place-Based Education, Rural Teacher Corps, Rural Resilience

Students from the University of Wyoming Rural Teacher Corps cohort sitting down in the grass with the Teton Mountain range in the background.

Investing in Rural Teachers: Catalyst Initiative

September 29, 2023

The Rural Teacher Corps model showcases how national philanthropy can serve as a catalyst for local solutions.

Northern Rockies, Pacific Northwest, Rural Teacher Corps, Rural Resilience

Resilient Rural Teachers: Notes from the RSC Staff

November 29, 2022

Why we do what we do - our favorite stories of 2022

Rural Resilience