Rural Education Research & Implementation Center
The Get Kids Ahead Initiative provides one-time funding to all public and independent charter schools in Wisconsin to help build comprehensive school mental health systems. All public school districts and independent charter schools are eligible for funding, and each district receives a per-pupil allocation ranging from a minimum award of $10,000 to much higher amounts …
Inside the decision-making turmoil: For parents and school administrators, there’s no easy answers This article originally appeared on WSAW. WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) – It’s several weeks yet before school kicks off in the Tomorrow Rivers School District, a school district of about 1,000 students in Portage County, but Tricia Dombrowski’s son will likely stay at …
This article originally appeared on WCER. Teacher Speakout! keeps conversation going between rural Wisconsin teachers and education researchers December 4, 2019 | By Lynn Armitage Justin Gerlach, 2018 Wisconsin Rural Teacher of the Year, shares his experiences as a STEM teacher in Mishicot. We hear a lot about the challenges of rural education: …
This article originally appeared on WCER. Health and Education: More Schooling Equates to Healthier, Longer Lives November 1, 2019 | By Karen Rivedal A critical intersection exists between education and health, according to a consensus of researchers and evaluators from the University of Wisconsin‒Madison who have been working closely with rural schools, the …
This article originally appeared on WCER. Third annual Teacher Speakout! will feature 19 rural STEM educators from 18 school districts November 13, 2019 | By Lynn Armitage MADISON, WIS.—The Rural Education Research and Implementation Center (RERIC) will host 19 rural STEM educators from 18 school districts around Wisconsin for the third annual Teacher …
“Many students in rural areas in Wisconsin and across the country are still facing inequity, according to a new study from the Rural School and Community Trust, a national nonprofit that helps rural schools and communities….While the report found numerous states provide a disproportionately large share of funding for rural school districts, Wisconsin was among …
The Northern Mental Health Collaborative — comprised of the school districts of Goodman-Armstrong Creek, Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine, Florence County and Niagara — recently was awarded $149,992 via a two-year grant from the Department of Public Instruction. The grant will support enhancing schoolwide and tiered systems of practice to promote a collaborative, school-community climate, effective two-way communication, positive …
The Role of Community-Engaged Leadership, Activist Scholarship, and Vulnerable Rural Ecologies within School Reform Abstract This study examines how rural school and community leaders in one of the most rural areas of the United States are able to collaboratively design a grassroots school reform initiative to address inequity issues related to childhood poverty and trauma. …
This article originally appeared on WCER. ‘We are listening!’ May 1, 2019 | By Lynn Armitage In 2015, Jack Jorgensen and his colleagues were driving back to Madison from the Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance (WiRSA) Conference in Stevens Point when they had an epiphany. “We realized we were the only individuals representing UW‒Madison,” recalls Jorgensen, …