/tags/rural-schools Rural Schools en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍřĚěĚĂ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-10-09/hidden-population-homeless-students-midwest-school-services The Midwest Newsroom and its partners found that homeless students eligible for enrollment, transportation and academic support in most rural school districts are not getting these services because the districts are undercounting students without stable housing and not applying for available funds. Wed, 09 Oct 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-10-09/hidden-population-homeless-students-midwest-school-services Kavahn Mansouri, Daniel Wheaton /education/2024-01-09/4-day-school-week-in-missouri-faces-scrutiny-from-legislature-and-state-education-board The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education found little to no learning loss after switch to four-day school week. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-01-09/4-day-school-week-in-missouri-faces-scrutiny-from-legislature-and-state-education-board Annelise Hanshaw /education/2019-10-28/rural-schools-face-funding-cuts-as-timber-sales-agreement-lapses Dozens of rural Missouri school districts are crying “timber” after Congress allowed legislation that sends half of federal timber profits to schools… Mon, 28 Oct 2019 20:00:24 GMT /education/2019-10-28/rural-schools-face-funding-cuts-as-timber-sales-agreement-lapses Ryan Delaney /education/2019-08-12/doe-run-mining-co-s-property-tax-fight-spreads-through-ozarks In a single phone call on an afternoon in June, Superintendent Kent Sherrow learned that his Iron County C-4 School District would lose nearly a quarter… Mon, 12 Aug 2019 17:44:36 GMT /education/2019-08-12/doe-run-mining-co-s-property-tax-fight-spreads-through-ozarks Ryan Delaney /education/2018-08-06/school-district-uses-missouri-law-to-arm-staff-for-first-time A Missouri law adopted four years ago to arm school staff was used for the first time this summer. It’s a step one school district took to increase… Mon, 06 Aug 2018 21:53:51 GMT /education/2018-08-06/school-district-uses-missouri-law-to-arm-staff-for-first-time Ryan Delaney /education/2018-07-03/ozarks-area-school-district-struggles-as-doe-run-fights-its-property-tax-bill A school district in the northeastern Missouri Ozarks that’s relied on property taxes from nearby lead mining for years is struggling to make do with… Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:23:18 GMT /education/2018-07-03/ozarks-area-school-district-struggles-as-doe-run-fights-its-property-tax-bill Ryan Delaney /education/2018-03-27/missouri-law-allows-armed-teachers-schools-are-using-something-else A small number of rural Missouri school districts are allowing some teachers to carry concealed guns. Instead of following a state law that sets out how… Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:17:23 GMT /education/2018-03-27/missouri-law-allows-armed-teachers-schools-are-using-something-else Ryan Delaney /education/2018-03-23/rural-schools-getting-their-cut-of-federal-logging-revenue-again The federal spending plan approved by Congress this week renews a program splitting lumber profits between the U.S. Forest Service and rural school… Fri, 23 Mar 2018 21:46:10 GMT /education/2018-03-23/rural-schools-getting-their-cut-of-federal-logging-revenue-again Ryan Delaney /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-15/as-the-nation-debates-arming-teachers-some-missouri-schools-already-do Glenwood Elementary School sits along a state highway between West Plains and the Arkansas border, in far south-central Missouri. If the school has an… Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:05:27 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2018-03-15/as-the-nation-debates-arming-teachers-some-missouri-schools-already-do Ryan Delaney /education/2018-03-08/profit-sharing-from-timber-sales-were-cut-now-rural-school-districts-have-to-make-do-with-less Superintendent Tim Hager’s district in central Missouri is surrounded by federal forestland in every direction.School buses shuttle some of the 366… Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:45:01 GMT /education/2018-03-08/profit-sharing-from-timber-sales-were-cut-now-rural-school-districts-have-to-make-do-with-less Ryan Delaney