We invite you to check out our work in the latest Impact Report with some highlights from 2024-2025 as we close out another year of great work. 🎉 👏 🌱 🤝 Check it out here! - shorturl.at/YgwbG

The clock is ticking! ⏰ Two weeks (and 2 days 😉) before the Grants in Place application closes. Learn more about past projects here, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/pro.../grant... 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

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🍎 National Principals Month 🍎 This month RSC is highlighting rural principals around the country who are making a difference in their schools and communities. Today we recognize the Director of Hale County College and Career Academy, Dr. Marlon Murray for his leadership and dedication. 👏 🎉

Are you a rural teacher thinking about a Place Based Education project for your class this school year? 🌱 There is still time to apply! Learn more about past projects here, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/programs/gra... The deadline to apply is Friday, October 24th, 2025.

We invite you to check out some of the highlights from 2024-2025 as we close out another year of great work. 🌱 💛 Check your mailbox for a copy of your very own RSC Impact Report or follow the link to our website, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/who-we-are/r...

🎙️New Podcast Episode! 🎙️ New episode of Voices from the Field, a podcast from Rural Schools Collaborative and Drury University! Listen to Kelsy's story here: iamaruralteacher.org/stories/kels...

Sneak peek of something coming to your mailbox soon! 👀😉 Not on RSC's mailing list and would like to be added? Add your info here 📝 shorturl.at/nMZw6

We are looking back at stories and news articles from September. Did you miss one? 🤔 Check out all our stories and news articles on our website! ➡️ ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories

Dr. Jacqueline Yahn, associate professor of instruction at Ohio University Eastern & co-lead of RSC's Ohio Hub was featured in OHIO Today discussing how their program, The Rural Teacher Fellowship is supporting rural teachers, schools & their communities. ➡️ shorturl.at/Ix2GH

Thanks to Building Bridges to Careers for having us as facilitators for the Higher Education Focus: Engaging Pre-Service Teachers Across the Region Panel at BB2C's 2025 Community & Career Connected Learning Summit! 👩‍🏫 🤝 💡

Teach Rural Oregon will join RSC’s GRAD Partnership Rural Cohort, a collaborative community of practice of other Intermediaries from across RSC’s Regional Hub Network. 🎉 👏 Read the full blog here: ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/teac...

‼️ Rural K-12 teachers ‼️Join a study on how you integrate social & emotional learning (SEL) into everyday instruction. 📝 Complete a 20-min online survey 💳 Chance to win one of ten $25 Amazon e-gifts 💻 Optional 1-hr Zoom interview (+ $50 e-gift card) ➡️ go.uic.edu/RuralTeacher... (STUDY 2025-0791)

Grants in Place application is LIVE! For inspiration and examples of past projects, see the following examples from last year: ruralschoolscollaborative.org/news/proudly... Learn more and apply today! 👉 ruralschoolscollaborative.org/programs/gra...

The Community Foundation of the Ozarks (RSC Missouri Regional Hub) has received a 2025 Civic Hub grant from the Trust for Civic Life, a national grantmaker supporting rural communities. Congratulations on this wonderful news! 🎉 Read more here: www.cfozarks.org/resources/cf...

Congratulations to the 2025 National Rural Teacher of the Year, Jeff Granrud! 👨‍🏫 🏆 🌟 Jeff is a math teacher at Howard Lake Waverly Winsted High School in Minnesota & was a 2024 Minnesota Rural Education Association (MREA) Educator of Excellence. Learn about Jeff, shorturl.at/CA4fM

Vice President for Strategy and Innovation at @gettingsmart.bsky.social and RSC Board Member & Chair Emeritus, Nate McClennen, recently spoke on how AI might reshape the future of education. Listen to the full podcast from Fullmind here:🎙️ shorturl.at/vriTL

𝗥𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝘀 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 The Colorado Center for Rural Education, housed at the University of Northern Colorado, is building sustainable pathways, partnerships, and support systems for rural educators across the state. Check out the entire spotlight story on our website 👉 shorturl.at/H6Rrf

Science educators studying abroad, Teach Rural Oregon joins the GRAD Partnership and RSC receives a grant to expand Place-Based education in rural communities. 🤩 Catch up on the latest news articles and stories from RSC on our website. 🔗 ➡️ ruralschoolscollaborative.org/

Do you have a bold idea to bring Place-Based Education to life in your rural classroom? Now’s your opportunity! 🎉 The Grants in Place Program provides funding for teacher-led projects that connect students to their communities in powerful ways. 🤝 Apply today! 📝 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Rural Teachers!📣 Joshua Lovett, a doctoral student at the University of Illinois Chicago, is conducting a study on how Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) is woven into rural classrooms. Full-time teacher in a U.S. rural public school. Click here: go.uic.edu/RuralTeacher... STUDY 2025-0791

For the last three years, ECU (RSC Southeast Regional Hub) has provided scholarships to rural science teachers to enrich their teaching through immersive study-abroad experiences in Belize & Spain 🗺️ 👩‍🏫 Check out the full story on our website 👉 ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/scie...

Latham Elementary in Moniteau County (MO) has created a school farm that has transformed learning in this rural district. 🧑‍🌾 🌱 📖 Read the full story on our website, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/scho...

Teach Rural Oregon, a program at Eastern Oregon University, has joined the GRAD Partnership as an intermediary organization, helping expand student success systems into Oregon. 🤝 Read the full press release here: ruralschoolscollaborative.org/news/teach-r...

Galesburg Community Foundation (Illinois Hub) awarded 30 teacher mini grants to support everything from manipulatives that build early math skills to virtual reality headsets that will help bring history to life. Congratulations to the educators awarded! 🎉 👏 www.yourgcf.org/story_of_imp...

‼️ 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡 ‼️ Do you have a bold idea to bring Place-Based Education to life in your rural classroom? 👀 🌱 Now’s your opportunity! For more information about the grant and how to apply, check out our website.

Rural Schools Collaborative is honored to receive a three-year grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to expand the Grants in Place program. 🌱 Read the full grant announcement on our website 🎉 ruralschoolscollaborative.org/news/rural-s...

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Kansas State University (RSC KS Hub) alumni & 24-25 Grants in Place grantee, Kelsy Sproul was named 2026 Teacher of the Year by the Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom. Read about Kelsy's ag-based activities, ksufoundation.org/impact/commu...

We are excited to share highlights from the Rural Teacher Corps Kickoff at Ohio University Eastern! This year, they will support 8 pre-service teachers dedicated to rural ed will bring local place & community assets into their future classrooms. 🌱 🍎 🎉 Read about the event at the link below!

Oregon Rural Teaching Corps (RSC's Oregon Hub) alumni and RSC Emergent Educators Advisory Council member, Logan Nedrow was featured in a recent story. Don't snooze on this fun read! 📖 👀 Check out the full story here, lagrandeobserver.com/2025/09/02/k...

The RSC team looks forward to seeing YOU in Salt Lake City! Register now for 3 days of inspiration, innovation, and impact! 👉 www.nrea.net/nfare #RuralEdForum #RuralEducation #EdLeadership

Rural teachers! We want to hear YOUR stories! Your story could inspire others and shed light on the amazing work happening in rural communities. Let's celebrate the dedication and passion of rural educators together! 💛 📝 Share your story here: iamaruralteacher.org/share-your-s...

📣 𝗥𝗦𝗖 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲s 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗵𝗶𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗮! Ohio University Regional Higher Education & Building Bridges to Careers (BB2C) are co-leading the Ohio Hub. The Center for Research on Rural Education at Montana State University hosts RSC’s Montana Hub. ruralschoolscollaborative.org/news

Back-to-School with RSC! 🍎 ✏️ 📓 Hear advice from 2025 Grants in Place Fellow, Dayan Ospitia. Dayan is an ESL teacher at Dunn Elementary School in Harnett County, North Carolina. RSC's Southeast Regional Hub is led by East Carolina University Rural Education Institute.

Don't miss RSC's recent stories! 👀 🎉 Check out our newest stories about our Iowa Regional Hub, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque and help us celebrate this year's National Signature Project Awardees in partnership with NREA. Read more on our website, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories

More than 80 teachers gathered at Innovate 120 and the Maquoketa Art Experience in Maquoketa, Iowa, for the third annual Rural Teacher Summit, hosted by the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque (CFGD). Read the full story on our website at the link below. 📖 👩‍🏫 💛

Back-to-School with RSC! 🍎 ✏️ 📓 We are back to celebrate the beginning of a new school year with Bethany Schnetzler from Monmouth, IL. Bethany is excited to create new memories with her new class this school year. We wish Bethany and everyone heading back to the classroom a wonderful year ahead!

RSC Board Member & Chair Emeritus, Nate McClennen, takes a look back in time on why Rural Schools Collaborative came together. Now celebrating our 10 year anniversary, we are filled with gratitude for the journey alongside rural educators, students, and advocates. #RSC10Years

👀 At the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF), part of the University of Maine system, there is a renewed focus on ensuring that newly graduated teachers succeed and sustain in the classroom (The University of Maine anchors RSC’s New England Hub). ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/a-me...

41 aspiring educators joined Arkansas Teacher Corps (ATC) this summer. The ATC cohorts have prepared 310 teachers to serve in 99 schools & 42 districts throughout central, eastern & southern Arkansas. ATC is an RSC Hub Partner working alongside Rural Community Alliance. 🎉 👏

Back-to-School with RSC! 🍎 ✏️ 📓 Emergent Educators' Advisory Council member, Logan Nedrow from North Powder, OR looks forward to the new school year. One of Logan's favorite parts about back-to-school is building a new classroom family. 💛

✨ 𝗥𝗦𝗖 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 ✨ RSC has provided more than $450,000 in planning grants to establish or strengthen Rural Reacher Corps programs. This growing network of programs provided the foundation for the new Community of Learners initiative. 🔗 👉 ruralschoolscollaborative.org/programs/rur...

To honor Rural Schools Collaborative Regional Hub leads entering retirement and to welcome in a new class of Regional Hub leads, check out our newest news article on our website. 💛 👏 🎉

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Back-to-School with RSC! 🍎 ✏️ 📓 Rural teachers & students are preparing to begin a new year of learning. Hear advice from 2025 Grants in Place Fellow, Lisa Lowenfels, a 4th & 5th grade teacher at Kelly Elementary, located on the edge of Grand Teton National Park in northwest Wyoming.

Rural teachers! We want to hear YOUR stories! Your story could inspire others and shed light on the amazing work happening in rural communities. Let's celebrate the dedication and passion of rural educators together! 💛 📝 Share your story here: iamaruralteacher.org/share-your-s...

☀️ RSC's Month in Review ☀️ ➡️ Take a look at these stories and news articles on our website, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories

Challenges with teacher recruitment and retention are not new, particularly to rural schools and Dr. Williams of University of Main at Farmington put together a two-pronged approach to addressing retention. Check out this new story on our website, 📖 ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/a-me...

Looking back at the amazing Hub Summit we had in Minneapolis! 💛 Learn more about the initiative that we kicked off on our website, ruralschoolscollaborative.org/stories/2025...