No Longer Forgotten

Michael Q. McShane is director of national research at EdChoice. He is also an adjunct scholar in education policy at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute.Andy Smarick is director of the civil society, education and work program at the R Street Institute.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMichael Q. McShane and Andy SmarickChapter 1: Rural Poverty and the Federal Safety Net: Implications for Rural EducatorsAngela RachidiChapter 2: African-American Education in Rural Communities in the Deep South: “Making the Impossible Possible”Sheneka M. WilliamsChapter 3: From Basketball to Overdose Capital: The Story of Rural America, Schools, and the Opioid CrisisClayton Hale and Sally SatelChapter 4: The Power of Place: Rural Identity and the Politics of Rural School ReformSara Dahill-Brown and Ashley JochimChapter 5: A Statistical Portrait of Rural Education in AmericaNat MalkusChapter 6: School Finance in Rural AmericaJames V. ShulsChapter 7: Staffing America’s Rural SchoolsDaniel Player and Aliza HusainChapter 8: Right Place, Right Time: The Potential of Rural Charter SchoolsJuliet SquireConclusionMichael Q. McShane and Andy SmarickAbout the EditorsAbout the Contributors

[This book] could prove enlightening to any educator considering moving into educational administration.