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The Rural School Innovation Network (RSIN) is a mutual-aid network for sharing innovations that improve rural education, especially in the poorest rural communities in the United States. As an alliance of rural education and community advocates, the RSIN works to connect schools with their communities to improve the outcomes for school-aged children and young adults. Benefits include free access to Rural Trust webinars, case studies, and more.
Click here for more information, or contact the Rural Trust office.
RSIN News and Updates
Parents as Teachers was the featured innovation of the June 2012 Rural School Innovations Series Webinar, and focused on the i3 "Improving Educational Outcomes for American Indian Children" project, named BabyFACE. Read more
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The Center for Midwestern Initiatives hosted the webinar Rural Classroom: Importance of Cooperative Learning — Rural Trust Global Teacher Fellows' Perspective on November 10, 2011. Read more
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The Niswonger Foundation's Northeast Tennessee College and Career Ready Consortium was the focus of the September 21, 2011, Rural School and Community Trust webinar. Read more....
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The New England Network for Personalization and Performance (NETWORK), created by the Plymouth, Massachusetts School District and the Center for Secondary School Redesign, Inc. (CSSR), was the focus of the third Rural School and Community Trust webinar in the 2010-2011 Rural School Innovations Webinar Series. Read more
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The Search Institute's "Building Assets-Reducing Risks (BARR) Program: Replication and Expansion of an Effective Strategy to Turn Around Low-Achieving Schools" was the focus of the third Rural School and Community Trust's 2010-2011 Rural School Innovations Webinar Series, held March 16, 2011. Read more
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“Schools to Watch: School Transformation Network" was the theme of the first Rural School and Community Trust 2010-2011 Rural School Innovations Webinar Series.
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Investing in Innovation (i3): A Rural School Technical Assistance Initiative was the theme of this webinar from the Rural School and Community Trust. Held Friday, March 19, 2010, this no-cost presentation provided an up-to-date overview of the i3 grant program with a particular focus on why it's so important for rural schools and districts to understand what it’s all about. Dr. Doris Williams, Executive Director, Rural School and Community Trust, presented this special event.
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The October 28, 2009 Rural School and Community Trust webinar, Why Rural Matters 2009, built on our June 2009 preview and highlighted results of the 2009 report, presenting all-new data essential for rural schools. RSIN Members can click here to view the presentation.
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Reading Strategies for Rural Students
Through a partnership with the National Research Center for Rural Education Support, located at the University of North Carolina, the Rural Trust can offer evidence-based reading strategies delivered by the classroom teacher, called the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI). These diagnostically based strategies have proven to significantly improve early reading in struggling and non-struggling readers in rural schools. Click here for details.
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Engaging Students, Improving Schools and Revitalizing Rural Communities is the title of Rural Trust President Rachel B. Tompkins' presentation to the National School Board Association's Annual Conference in San Diego, California. Click here to view a copy of the April 4, 2009 presentation.
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What Makes a Good Rural High School was the theme of the March 18, 2009 Webinar. RSIN Members can click here to view the presentation.
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The Rural School Innovation Network (RSIN) is a network of schools and school districts striving for excellence in challenging circumstances.
Members in this mutual self-help network share innovations that improve rural education, especially in the poorest rural communities.
Managed by the Rural School and Community Trust, this alliance of rural education advocates works to improve policy for rural places.
Read the Membership Brochure to find out how the RSIN can help your work.
