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Funding Rural Education Initiatives

Funding Rural Education Initiatives. Resources for Educators. Resources on Rural School and Community Trust http://www.ruraledu.org/search.php?kw=Grant A resource for Rural Development http ://www.rurdev.usda.gov/ UTP_DLT.html Rural Community Resources

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Funding Rural Education Initiatives

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  1. Funding Rural Education Initiatives Resources for Educators

  2. Resources on Rural School and Community Trusthttp://www.ruraledu.org/search.php?kw=Grant • A resource for Rural Developmenthttp://www.rurdev.usda.gov/UTP_DLT.html • Rural Community Resources • http://ruralcommunitybuilding.fb.org/resources/ • Perkins Fund: Federal money given to states for innovative education initiatives.  This website does an overview for each state.http://www.ctat.org/images/uploads/Innovative_Uses_of_Perkins_Reserve_Funds.pdf Helpful Websites Follow these links to find more information on possible sources of funding for rural education.

  3. More information on funding • On September 23, 2010 the FCC overhauled the $2.25 billion E-Rate program—which offers discounted telephone and Internet services for eligible schools and public libraries—to give schools more options for faster Internet connection and service, allow for community Internet service, and begin pilot programs for mobile learning devices, like digital textbooks. According to the New York Times, the program mostly serves schools in poor and rural communities.http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/RuralRoad • Advocates point out that private reform aid slights rural ed.  In this article, advocates point out that large amounts from the Gates Foundation is disproportionately improving urban education and missing rural ed:http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rural_education/2010/07/advocates_privately-funded_reforms_largely_bypass_rural_schools.html

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