Bloomsbury Handbook of Rural Education in the United States

Amy Price Azano is Associate Professor in the School of Education at Virginia Tech, USA, and co-editor of The Rural Educator.Karen Eppley is Associate Professor at Pennsylvania State University, USA, and editor of the Journal of Research in Rural Education.Catharine Biddle is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Maine, USA, and co-editor of The Rural Educator.

• List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsForeword, Craig Howley and Aimee Howley Introduction: Unsettling Rurality: Mapping a Third Space, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Karen Eppley, (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)Part I: Foundations in Rural EducationPart I Introduction, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Karen Eppley, (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)1. Developing, Utilizing and Critiquing Definitions of “Rural” in Rural Education Research, Jesse Moon Longhurst (Southern Oregon University, USA)2. History and the Shape of Rural Educational Policy in the United States, Paul Theobald (University of Southern Indiana, USA)3. Toward a Rural Critical Policy Analysis, Devon Brenner (Mississippi State University, USA)4. Corporate Influences on Rural Schools, Jason Cervone (University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA)5. Shifting Population Dynamics and Implications for Rural Schools, Kai Schafft (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Annie Maselli (Pennsylvania State University, USA)6. Rural Poverty and Rural Schools, Mara Tieken (Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, USA)7. The Why and How of Enhancing Data use in Rural Education Research and Practice, John W. Sipple (Cornell University, USA), Peter Fiduccia, (Cornell University, USA) and Kristie LeBeau (Cornell University, USA)International Response: Responding Rurally: Perspectives and Insights from One Rural Place to Another, Simone White (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)Part II: Rural Schools and CommunitiesPart II Introduction, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Karen Eppley, (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)8. Educational Governance and Contemporary Policy in Rural America, Daniella Hall Sutherland (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Jennifer L. Seelig (The Spencer Foundation, USA)9. Consolidation, Closure, and Charter Schools, Karen Eppley (Pennsylvania State University, USA)10. Rural School Leadership, Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)11. Rural School Labor Issues, Erin McHenry-Sorber (West Virginia University, USA)12. Rural School-Community Partnerships: Creating Community-Aware Educational Practices, Hope Casto (Skidmore College, USA) and John Sipple (Cornell University, USA)13. Collective Impact in Rural Place, Sarah Zuckerman (University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA)14. Postsecondary Transitions and Attainment, Sarah Schmitt-Wilson (Montana State University, USA) and Soo-yong Byun (Pennsylvania State University, USA)International Response: Rural Schools and Communities, Michael Corbett (Acadia University, Canada)Part III: Curriculum Studies in Rural SchoolsPart III Introduction, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Karen Eppley, (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)15. Early Childhood Education in Rural Communities, Lisa L. Knoche (University ofNebraska–Lincoln, USA), Hannan K. Kerby (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA) and Susan M. Sheridan (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA)16. Rural Literacies and Rural Identities, Kim Donehower (University of North Dakota, USA)17. Trauma-Informed Approaches in Rural Education, Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA) and Lyn Mikel Brown (Colby College, USA)18. Rural School-Based Mental Health: Models of Preventions, Intervention, and Preparation, Jayne Downey (Montana State University, USA), Anna Elliott (Montana State University, USA), Rebecca Koltz (Montana State University, USA) and Kristen Murray (University of Montana, USA)19. Student Achievement in Rural America, Douglas J. Gagnon (SRI International, USA)International Response: What Counts as Curriculum, Philip Roberts (University of Canberra, Australia)Part IV: Identity and Equity in Rural SchoolsPart IV Introduction, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Tech, USA), Karen Eppley, (Pennsylvania State University, USA) and Catharine Biddle (University of Maine, USA)20. Critical Indigenous Perspectives in the Field of Rural Education, Alex Red Corn (Kansas State University, USA), Jerry D. Johnson (Kansas State University, USA), Larry Bergeron (Kansas State University, USA and Jann Hayman (Kansas State University, USA)21. English Language Learners in Rural Schools, Maria Coady (University of Florida, USA)22. African American Education in the Rural South: Then and Now, Sheneka Williams (University of Georgia, USA), Sarah McCollum (University of Georgia, USA) and Kimberly Clarida (University of Texas at Austin, USA)23. Latinx Students in Rural Schools, Darris Means (University of Pittsburgh, USA) and Vanessa Sansone (University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)24. Whiteness in Rural Education, Kathleen Gillon (University of Maine, USA)25. Rural Tiered Systems of Adaptive Supports: A Person-in-Context, Place Based-Perspective, Thomas W. Farmer (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Jill V. Hamm (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA), Ann B. Berry (Plymouth State University, USA) and David L. Lee (Pennsylvania State University, USA)26. Challenges and Innovative Responses in Rural Gifted Education, Amy Price Azano (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA), Carolyn M. Callahan (University of Virginia, USA) and Rachelle Kuehl (Virginia Tech, USA)International Response: A Peripheral Perspective, Cath Gristy (University of Plymouth, UK)ReferencesIndex

This Handbook constitutes a significant landmark in rural education studies globally. The individual chapters represent an appropriate blend of rigorous research and practical strategies, and the Handbook as a whole engages with important ‘hot topics’ in understanding and valuing rural schools.