Contemporary Challenges & Opportunities in Rural Education

Invited Guest Editors: Tammy LaPrad & Jim LaPrad

Complete Issue

Individual Manuscripts:

Voices & Perspectives from Rural Spaces: An Introduction to this Special Edition of Thresholds in Education
Tammy LaPrad & Jim LaPrad

Contemporary Challenges of Teaching Social Studies in Rural Settings: Local & National Dissonance in the Classroom
Casey Thomas Jakubowski

Depictions of Rural & Appalachian Culture(s) in Comics & Graphic Novels
Jason D. DeHart

The Costs of COVID: A Comparative Analysis of K-12 Curriculum Delivery in Illinois & Iowa Rural School Districts as a Result of Varying Pandemic Mandates
Pamela R. Rockwood & Monica Rouse

Being in “Their House”: Impact of Youth Participatory Action Research on Adult Learning at a Rural High School
Anita Chikkatur

Centering the Lived Experiences of Rural Black Homeschool Families
Cheryl Fields-Smith & Timberly Baker

Challenges & Opportunities for STEM Teachers in Rural Schools: A Case Study
Seema Rivera, Isaac Kiiza, Katie Kavanagh, JaDeWaters, Ben Galluzzo, & Michael Ramsdell

Teaching for Understanding of Social Diversity in the Face of Urbanization in Rural Southern Ontario (Canada)
Joanne Pattison-Meek

Raising Rural Voices: Challenges & Opportunities in Rural Alabama Schools
Annah Rogers, Reenay Rogers, & Jan Miller

Rooted in Appalachia: Empowering Rural Students in Postsecondary Education to Envision & Enact Possible Selves
Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Ada Haynes, & Jacob Kelley

Honoring the Power of Place: Rural Educator Development in Early Childhood & Elementary Education Using a Childcare Apprenticeship Model
Keely O. Baronak & William M. Baronak

The Everyday Work of Rural-Serving Community College STEM Faculty: Lessons from an Institutional Ethnography Across Wyoming
Rachel Watson, Rosemary McBride, & Reshmi Singh

Culture Shifts: The Influence of Organizational Changes on Staff Culture & Students’ School Experiences
Adrienne C. Goss

Contributors