Bloomsbury Handbook of Rural Education in the United States

This handbook begins with a foundational overview of rural education examining the ways in which definitions histories policies and demographic changes influence rural schools. This foundational approach includes how corporatization population changes poverty and the role of data affect everyday learning in rural schools. In following sections the contributors consider how school closures charter schools and district governance influence decision making in rural schooling while also examining the influence of these structures on higher education attainment rural school partnerships and school leadership. They explore curriculum studies in rural education including place-based and trauma-informed pedagogies rural literacies rural stereotype threat and achievement. Finally they engage with issues of identity and equity in rural schools by providing an overview of the literature related to diverse populations in rural places including Indigenous Black and Latinx communities and exceptional learners. Importantly this handbook applies theoretical tools to rural classroom experiences demonstrating the potential of work centered at the intersection of theory rurality and classroom practice. Each section concludes with a response by an international scholar situating the topics covered within the broader global context.