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.

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.

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.