Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program, NCHE is proud to announce a series of free, professional development opportunities designed to support K-12 teachers focusing on this year’s theme, Change and Development in Rural America. Support will be provided throughout all three parts of this project with built-in additional collaboration opportunities with other teachers and the NCHE staff.

If you are interested in learning how to help your students connect rural America’s past to the present using historical inquiry, public history, place-based education, and service learning, read more below and reserve your spot today for 1 or all 3 of these unique professional learning opportunities.

In December 2022, a bipartisan Congress created a new, permanent program for states and tribes to provide food dollars to low-income families with school-age kids over the summer months. This program, officially called Summer EBT, will help close the summer hunger gap when kids are on summer break and not getting nutritious school meals. USDA is just rolling out guidance and materials about Summer EBT but it is likely to benefit rural schools. More information is coming, but for now, please check out a few USDA webpages to learn more and stay up-to-date as more materials become available.