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 45, Number 2 (2024)
Research Articles
Learning From Each Other: Experiences of Rural Principals in a Networked Learning Community
Jeana M. Partin and Sonya D. Hayes
Culturally Conflicted: Women in Rural Appalachian School Leadership
Jana Stone, Carinna Ferguson, and Rawn Boulden
Strategies to Recruit and Retain the Rural School Mental Health Workforce
Elaine S. Belansky, Liliana Diaz Solodukhin, Anna Edelman, Savannah Hobbs, Cynthia Hazel, and Nicholas Cutforth
Rural Parent Viewpoints of What Makes College Possible: A Q Methodology Study
Carol Cutler White and Diane D. Chapman
Promising Practice Article
Addressing the Rural Youth Mental Health Crisis Through Youth Mental Health First Aid
Rawn Boulden and Christine Schimmel
Policy Brief
Rural, Poor and Working-Class Student Postsecondary Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Policy Lessons Learned for Supporting Future College Success
Ty C. McNamee, Sonja Ardoin, and Jenay F.E. Willis
