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Volume 47, Number 1 (2026)

Research Articles

Building School, Family, and Community Partnerships That Support Rural Diverse and Exceptional Learners
Jerrie L. Brooks, Brooke A. Moore, and Megan S. Finnerty

“Oh! It’s Fine, We’re Not Even Counting This Anyways”: Remote Educational Experiences of Rural Families With a Child With a Disability During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic
Andrew M. Colombo-Dougovito, A. Josephine Blagrave, and Aubrey Newland

Challenges to Equity Leadership: Rural Leadership for Marginalized Students
Alex N. Oldham

From Classroom to Field: Rural Teachers’ Integration of Science and the Outdoors
Steph N. Dean and Julianne A. Wenner

Impacts of Literacy Programming During the COVID-19 and Recovery School Years
Julie Meredith

Promising Practice Article

Empowering Rural Voices Through Deliberative Mini-Publics
Elizabeth B. Hinchcliff

Invited Articles

Rural Schools of Choice: Virtual Charter Schools
Karen Eppley

Complexities and Intersectionalities of Rurality in Our Current Moment: Conversations Offered Through the 2025 Whippoorwill Book Award
Michael J. Young, Erika L. Bass, Erin Schulz, Monica Roe, and Jacqueline Yahn

Outdoor education in action! Accident Elementary School (Garrett County, Maryland) students building resilience and enjoying the outdoors through winter play. Photograph of a child sitting on a green sled holding a rope handle while sliding on snow. The child is dressed in winter clothing, including a dark jacket, gloves, and boots, with visible sled tracks in the snow behind.