Results: Rural (28 Stories)
Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Lytle High School P-Tech Program Builds Career-Ready Digital Skills
Lytle Independent School District, TexasP-12
In the heart of South Texas, Lytle High School in Lytle Independent School District is championing digital equity to bridge economic, educational, and access divides through its Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH). The program, which began in the 2018-2019 school year, offers o...
Topic: Digital Equity
Lindsay Unified School District’s Transformative Journey
Lindsay Unified School District, CaliforniaP-12
In Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD) - a small, rural district located in the Central Valley of California - approximately 93% of the students identify as Hispanic/Latino and 42% as ELLs; 24% receive migrant services; and all students receive free meals. The district has committed to ensuring e...
Topic: NETP24
Developing a Portrait of an Educator in Rural Wyoming
Sheridan County School District 3, WyomingP-12
Sheridan County School District 3 (SCSD3) in Clearmont, WY is a rural K-12 district with 96 students. To help the district develop a Portrait of an Educator, they hosted facilitators from the University of Wyoming (UW), who asked teachers a series of questions, including: What do students nee...
Topic: NETP24
A Rural District Finds Ways to Make Computational Thinking Accessible to Everyone
Talladega County Schools, AlabamaP-12
It took three years for Talladega County Schools, a rural Alabama district with a student population of 7,000 that is roughly 67 percent White and 28 percent Black, to develop computing pathways for its students. Talladega applied to participate in the National Science Foundation-funded Developing...
Topic: NETP24
Rural Kentucky District Empowers Teachers and Students to Be Active Learners
Logan County Schools, KentuckyP-12
Shifting to active student use can also mean ensuring active teacher learning. Logan County Schools, a rural, high-poverty school system in Russellville, KY, launched a digital transformation initiative in response to industry and community leaders who indicated that the local workforce needed gradu...
Topic: NETP24
Rural District Leverages their Portrait of a Learner Through Competency-Based Education
Northern Cass School District 97, North DakotaP-12
Northern Cass School District 97, which serves 690 PK-12 students from six rural communities north of Fargo, ND, is implementing competency-based education founded on their Portrait of a Learner. In 2017, the district embarked on a transformation journey driven in part by a specific challenge faced ...
Topic: NETP24
Supporting Teacher and Students in Van Meter, IA
Van Meter Community School district, IowaP-12
Serving over 1,000 PK-12 students in a single building, the Van Meter Community School district in Iowa has committed to helping educators leverage active technology use to support learning goals. Supported by a team of instructional coaches that focuses on building relationships and meeting teacher...
Topic: NETP24
Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Diné College Uses Culturally Responsive Strategies to Support Inclusion across the Navajo Nation
ArizonaPostsecondary
Diné College is the first tribally controlled college in the United States. The college serves the far-reaching rural needs of the 400,000-member Navajo Nation, including 200,000 citizens beyond the Nation’s borders, through its main campus in Tsaile, AZ and six additional campuses and microsites...
Topic: Digital Equity
Digital Equity Champions for All Learners: Rural LISC’s Digital Connector Program Partners with Community Organizations
P-12Postsecondary
In many rural regions, communities lack access to high-speed, reliable internet service and devices. However, even after these availability challenges are addressed, individuals require digital skills to effectively use technology to meet their goals and needs. Without these skills, rural communitie...
Topic: Digital Equity
Case Study: Community Partnerships in Ector County Independent School District
Ector County Independent School District, TexasP-12
For Ector County Independent School District (ECISD) in rural West Texas, community partnerships have been integral to connecting learners, families/caregivers, and the community to affordable and available broadband. The beginning of the pandemic revealed that 39 percent of learners lacked either a...
Topic: Digital Equity
Case Study: Availability through Partnerships with the Jersey City Housing Authority
New JerseyP-12Postsecondary
The Jersey City Housing Authority (JCHA) in Jersey City, NJ, provides affordable housing for thousands of families, seniors, and people with disabilities. JCHA had been working with ISPs to ensure residents have affordable internet, especially given a 2019 resident survey found just a third of resid...
Topic: Digital Equity
Case Study: NTCA-The Rural Broadband Association Promoting Digital Inclusion by Broadband Providers
P-12Postsecondary
NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association represents nearly 850 small broadband providers in the most rural regions of the U.S. Consistent with its long-standing commitment to increasing broadband adoption and usage, NTCA has created focused resources to support rural broadband providers' digital inclu...
Topic: Digital Equity
Bristol Tennessee City Schools: Personalized Educator Learning Provides Foundation for Personalized Student Learning
Bristol City School District, TennesseeP-12
Bristol Tennessee City Schools has just over 4,000 students enrolled in five elementary schools, a single middle school, one brick-and-mortar high school, and a virtual high school. The district’s free and reduced lunch rate is just over 53%; the rate at some of the four Title I schools is signifi...
Topics: 1:1 Initiative, personalized learning, professional learning
Bristol Tennessee City Schools: From Obstacles to Opportunities Through Digital Learning Conversion
Bristol Tennessee City Schools, TennesseeP-12
Bristol Tennessee City Schools has just over 4,000 students enrolled among five elementary schools, a single middle school, one brick-and-mortar high school, and a virtual high school. The district's free and reduced lunch rate is just over 53%, with the rate at some of the four Title I schools sig...
Topics: #GoOpen, Digital content, Openly Licensed Educational Resources, professional learning
21st Century Learning Systems
Howard-Winneshiek Community School District, IowaP-12
The Howard-Winneshiek Community School District is a 426 square mile, rural NE Iowa district of 1.200+ students with 48% Free and Reduced lunch. The Challenge Howard-Winneshiek faces several challenges. Like much of rural Iowa and America, declining enrollment and budget concerns along with afford...
Topics: 1:1 Initiative, community engagement
Warsaw Inquiry Learning Laboratory
Warsaw Community Schools, IndianaP-12
Warsaw Community Schools (WCS) is a rural school corporation of 7200 students located in northern Indiana. The school corporation has 52% free and reduced population, and a 20% English Language Learner population. Warsaw is known as the Orthopedic Manufacturing Capital of the World, the duck farming...
Topics: community engagement, equity
Partnering to Increase Bandwidth
Iowa City Community School District , IowaP-12
Iowa City Community School District is the fifth largest school district in the state, with a population of over 12,000 students across a total of 42 schools. Approximately 40 different languages are spoken across the district, which spans 133 square miles across the city. The Challenge Iowa C...
Topics: Connectivity, technology infrastructure
Upgrading the Network Infrastructure
Boulder Valley School District, ColoradoP-12
Colorado’s Boulder Valley School District is consistently ranked among the top three of the state’s large Front Range districts. Situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the district contains fifty-six schools over 500 square miles, serving approximately 30,000 students in grades K-12. ...
Topics: Connectivity, technology infrastructure
Wanted: A Bandwidth Upgrade
South Wasco County School District, OregonP-12
South Wasco County School District is a small, rural district encompassing all 600,000 acres of southern Wasco County in Maupin, Oregon. The district is comprised of two schools that pull from many neighboring small communities, totaling around 200 students in all. Despite its small size, the distri...
Topics: Connectivity, technology infrastructure
A Bold Vision for Instruction Should Ignite the Move to 1:1
Goochland County Public Schools, VirginiaP-12
Goochland County Public Schools is a small, rural public school division in Virginia with around 2,400 students across 5 schools.They are positioned along the James River midway between Charlottesville to the west and Richmond to the east. Over the past two years significant investments have been ma...
Topics: 1:1 Initiative, personalized learning
