Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Students

This report describes how Congress can support or amend current federal policies to improve equity for the one in six children living in rural communities. Specifically, the report contains five recommendations that will enable rural children to succeed to the same extent as their peers in suburban and urban areas:

• Enabling Access to New, High-Quality Educational Opportunities;
• Addressing Health Barriers to Learning;
• Leveraging Career and Technical Programs for Economic Growth;
• Ending Food Insecurity for Rural Children;
• Adequately Investing in Rural Schools.
  The report also includes a number of statistics and data points on the state of rural education and the unique educational advantages and disadvantages of attending a rural school.