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.
The Rural Educator has been published by the National Rural Education Association, with some gaps, since the early 1900s. Past issues of The Rural Educator dating back to 2004 can be found at the journal's website. Previous issues of The Rural Educatoras well as other publications of the National Rural Education Association dating back to the early 1900s (including The Country Teacher) are archived and can be found at The Hathi Trust in the NREA Collection. Visit our old siteSee the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.
Contact the editors at theruraleducator@gmail.com
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Current Issue: Volume 43, Number 1 (2022) Race and Rurality in Education
From the Editors
Research Articles
Race, Repair, and Youth Participatory Action Research in one Rural School
Carol Thompson and Felicia Crockett
Moving into Critical Spaces: Making Meaning of One Rural Educator’s Experiences Working with Latinx Immigrant Students
Stephanie Oudghiri
Educators’ Perspectives on Factors Impacting STEM Achievement in Rural Indigenous Student- Serving Schools
AnnMaria De Mars, Juliana Taken Alive, Maria Burns Ortiz, Zixuan Ma, and Minruo Wang
Just Southern: Navigating the Social Construction of a Rural Community in the Press for Educational Equity
Daniella Sutherland, Erin McHenry-Sorber, and Jacquelyn N. Willingham
Adapt and Serve the Community!: Voices of Families of Youth of Color in Predominantly White, Rural Communities
Carie Ruggiano
“Does It Identify Me?”: The Multiple Identities of College Students from Rural Areas
Elise J. Cain and Jenay F. E. Willis
Grounded in Relationships of Support: Indigenous Teacher Mentorship in the Rural West
Vanessa Anthony-Stevens, Iva Moss, Angela Como Jacobson, Rebekka Boysen-Taylor, and Shawna Campbell-Daniels
Promising Practice Article
Promising Practices in African American Rural Education College Transitions and Postsecondary Experiences
Loni Crumb and Crystal R. Chambers
Policy Brief
Rethinking Equity and Justice in Rural Organizations: Implications for Policy and Practice
Amy Price Azano and Darris R. Means
