Michele McNeil of Education Week reports: Education Secretary Arne Duncan, "who certainly isn't known for crafting policies aimed at rural America," this week challenge rural advocates to "Make a commitment to ensure rural students complete college at higher rates." And he said the Obama administration would help.
Duncan "spoke alongside Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington at the National Summit on the Role of Education in Economic Development in Rural America, sponsored by the Education Commission of the States," McNeil reports. "Duncan's policies are often considered to be urban-centric. . . . And his outreach—at least in the beginning of his tenure—to rural advocates was lacking. But, as is evidence today, he is working on it." (Read more)
Duncan "spoke alongside Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack in Washington at the National Summit on the Role of Education in Economic Development in Rural America, sponsored by the Education Commission of the States," McNeil reports. "Duncan's policies are often considered to be urban-centric. . . . And his outreach—at least in the beginning of his tenure—to rural advocates was lacking. But, as is evidence today, he is working on it." (Read more)
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