/tags/rural-schools rural schools en-US Copyright Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:28:20 GMT /education/2025-04-08/loss-of-federal-funding-could-devastate-rural-schools-and-counties Rural school districts and counties are preparing for the potential loss of funding from the Secure Rural Schools program. Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:28:20 GMT /education/2025-04-08/loss-of-federal-funding-could-devastate-rural-schools-and-counties Jane Vaughan /politics-government/2025-03-25/rural-california-schools-and-roads-lose-millions-in-federal-funding-after-latest-cuts For the last century, the money has gone to counties with large amounts of federal land that can’t be taxed. Congress failed to include it in the upcoming budget. Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:32:38 GMT /politics-government/2025-03-25/rural-california-schools-and-roads-lose-millions-in-federal-funding-after-latest-cuts Carolyn Jones /politics-government/2024-12-27/u-s-house-fails-to-reauthorize-20-year-old-bipartisan-bill-to-fund-rural-schools-communities Oregon will miss out on millions in funding from the Secure Rural Schools bill, which passed the Senate but failed to garner Republican support to pass in the House. Fri, 27 Dec 2024 13:43:20 GMT /politics-government/2024-12-27/u-s-house-fails-to-reauthorize-20-year-old-bipartisan-bill-to-fund-rural-schools-communities Alex Baumhardt /education/2024-03-10/rural-california-schools-are-desperate-for-state-help-from-special-education-to-construction At some rural schools construction projects are left undone, teaching jobs are unfilled and students who need specialized services don’t get them. Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:30:28 GMT /education/2024-03-10/rural-california-schools-are-desperate-for-state-help-from-special-education-to-construction Carolyn Jones /education/2023-01-26/residents-fill-green-springs-school-board-meeting-to-discuss-new-charter-school Residents packed the gymnasium of one of Oregon’s smallest school districts on Wednesday night to discuss a controversial proposal for a new charter school. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 13:45:55 GMT /education/2023-01-26/residents-fill-green-springs-school-board-meeting-to-discuss-new-charter-school Jane Vaughan /education/2022-06-20/eastern-oregon-university-umpqua-community-college-receive-money-to-help-prepare-rural-students-for-college More than $2 million will go to the schools to support the recruitment and retention of rural students. Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:21:00 GMT /education/2022-06-20/eastern-oregon-university-umpqua-community-college-receive-money-to-help-prepare-rural-students-for-college Meerah Powell /politics-government/2021-03-08/wyden-gets-modified-county-payments-program-into-covid-19-relief-bill Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has once again secured nick-of-time aid payments for counties in the West whose economies are tied to resource extraction on federal lands. Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:56:26 GMT /politics-government/2021-03-08/wyden-gets-modified-county-payments-program-into-covid-19-relief-bill Amelia Templeton /health/2020-03-16/parents-hustle-to-find-child-care-teachers-seek-out-income-as-northern-california-schools-close Natalia Chacon is determined not to let her six-year-old granddaughter spend the next three weeks in front of a screen. “It’s just something we all have… Mon, 16 Mar 2020 12:37:16 GMT /health/2020-03-16/parents-hustle-to-find-child-care-teachers-seek-out-income-as-northern-california-schools-close Sammy Caiola / CapRadio /show/as-it-was/2019-10-17/as-it-was-southern-oregon-children-clean-rural-schools Children returning to Southern Oregon rural schools a century ago faced a first week of clean-up duties uncomfortably familiar to their home chores.The… Thu, 17 Oct 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-10-17/as-it-was-southern-oregon-children-clean-rural-schools Kernan Turner