This article examines the context of growing up in rural America and how rural roots shape
life chances. The distinctive physical, social, and cultural attributes of rural areas can …

Using data from sixty-eight interviews conducted with men and women raised in rural
counties in Pennsylvania, we ask how growing up in rural settings shapes people's …

In this ethnographic case study of amenity-driven rural development, we illustrate how the
school as a local institution can provide social, cultural, and educational privilege to some …

This study links county-level early care and education (ECE) program, economic, and
demographic data to child-level data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study …

Improving efficiency is the basis for important public school reforms. While there has been
substantial scholarship examining the relationship between actual and perceived …

Increasing attention has been paid to rural education policy and research, yet few studies
have examined the conceptualization of rural school districts. This study provides a …

Amid the opioid crisis, the number of kinship families—or children living with relatives—has
risen dramatically, particularly in rural communities. Using in-depth interviews with relative …

Cash transfer policies have been widely discussed as mechanisms to curb intergenerational
transmission of socioeconomic disadvantage. In this paper, we take advantage of a large …

Youth development researchers have focused on persistent challenges facing youth in
diverse urban settings; thus, we know less about youth in rural communities. Using …

The study explored the experiences of rural school counselors broaching conversations on
race with students. We used a critical research framework with a phenomenological …