Education
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| Students in Rural Schools Have Limited Access to Advanced Mathematics Courses This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and fewer… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Rural, Young Adults |
| Student Discipline in New Hampshire Schools (co-publication with the Children's Alliance of New Hampshire) A new analysis of student discipline in New Hampshire schools in the 2007–2008 school year shows that out-of-school suspension rates are higher and statewide expulsion rates are lower than the national average. Schools reporting the highest rates of suspensions and… |
Evaluation, New Hampshire | Children, Education, New Hampshire, Young Adults |
| New, Longer Road to Adulthood: Schooling, Work, and Idleness among Rural Youth, The This report focuses on the education and work experiences of rural youth during the emerging adult years (age 20 to 24), as they make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. It documents how rural emerging adults combine work and school and experience idleness… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Employment, Rural, Urban, Young Adults |
| Maximizing Returns to Colleges and Communities Colleges and universities depend tremendously on their local communities in numerous ways, and through community investment, have a unique opportunity to support these communities in turn. This handbook provides an overview of community investment, including a step-… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Community, Economic Development, Education |
| Rural Youth are More Likely to be Idle Rural young adults, ages 18-24, are more likely to be idle not in school, the labor force, or the Armed Forces than their urban counterparts. Among rural high school dropouts and racial-ethnic minorities, rates of idleness are even more pronounced.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Education, Rural, Young Adults |
| Food Stamp and School Lunch Programs Alleviate Food Insecurity in Rural America The Food Stamp and the National School Lunch Programs play a vital role in helping poor, rural Americans obtain a more nutritious diet and alleviate food insecurity and hunger. This fact sheet looks at the extent to which rural America depends on these programs and… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Children, Education, Food Assistance, Rural, Safety Net, Young Adults |
| Rural Families Choose Home-Based Child Care for their Preschool-Aged Children This policy brief examines who is taking care of preschoolers of employed mothers in rural America. While most rural families choose home-based child care (such as relatives or informal nonrelated care providers), formal care (such as in day care centers) has… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | Child Care, Children, Education, Family, Rural |
