As the official journal of the National Rural Education Association, The Rural Educator serves as a forum for the exchange of ideas among the rural education community. The journal aims to provide a greater understanding of the strengths and needs of rural education and to provide rural educators with resources that support their work.
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Current Issue: Volume 44, Number 2 (2023)
Research Articles
Understanding Rural Communities: Crafting Local Inquiries as Praxis for Pre-Service ELA Students in Teaching Composition
Cathie English
In Their Own Words: Student Mental Health in Rural, Low Socioeconomic High Schools
Jason E. Hughes, Jonathan D. Ulmer, J. Spencer Clark, Brandie Disberger, Gaea Hock, and Jason Ellis
Co-Existing with COVID-19: Language Teacher Resiliency in Rural Schools
Kelly Moser and Tianlan Wei
There’s Land between Us: Rurality in the Northern Great Plains
Jarrett D. Moore and Louise M. Yoho
Review of Research
A Systematic Review of Research on Race in Rural Educational scholarship since 2001
Timberly L. Baker, Joy Howard, and Amy Swain
Promising Practice Article
Reaching Rural Students with Resources and Enrichment-Focused Learning in the Summer Months
Kathrina M. O'Connell
Policy Brief
Anti-Queer Policy & Rural Schools: A Framework to Analyze Anti-Queer Policy Implementation in Rural Schools
Clint Whitten and Courtney Thomas
