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For many students in this rural area it is a new school, a new set of expectations and the first time they have been out of their own tight little communities and thrown into a place with so many other kids. The hormones are beginning to rage and soon their world begins to unravel. Who can they trust? Who can they turn to? How can they navigate these rough new waters? In this new herd mentality some students begin to become invisible- or so they think. Read more... Topics: Teachers \| Students \| Rural Schools \| Fun In The Classroom \| Here comes the sun... By maureen on 30 Jun \| 0 comments It was an epic weekend in Washington: 90 plus temperatures, thousands of people gathered in downtown Seattle to celebrate PRIDE weekend and Ed Trust’s Karin Chenoweth penned an excellent column for Sunday’s Seattle P-I about the incredible success of Granger High School’s graduating class. Check it out. I’ll be tending to my sunburns. Read more... Topics: Rural Schools \| Poverty \| Achievement Gap \| Breaking Down Barriers to Get Parents Involved Posted on 23 Jun New York Times View this article >> Topics: Principals \| PTSA \| Reading \| Rural Schools \| Creating a College-Going Culture Posted on 05 Mar \| 0 comments The Mary Walker School District is located about an hour outside of Spokane, deep in the heart of rural and rugged Northeastern Washington. The majority of students are poor and many high school students possess more education than their parents. Topics: Rural Schools \| K-12 Education Reform \| Graduation Rates \| College & Work Readiness \| Type: Article “Onward” Consortium: Mary Walker, Columbia, Cusick, Curlew, Inchelium, Northport, Republic, Selkirk & Wellpinit School Districts Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments Nine small school districts in Northeastern Washington are working together to meet a common goal: prepare more students for postsecondary education without remediation. Topics: Washington \| Students \| Rural Schools \| Poverty \| Pilot Programs \| Community Colleges \| Colleges \| College & Work Readiness \| Puyallup Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments The Puyallup School District is helping all students find ways to “get” the fundamental concepts of reading, writing and math through an extensive career and technical education program that weaves math, science and English into its courses, and allows students to apply their new skills in real-world ways. Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Washington \| Pilot Programs \| Math \| Reading \| Writing \| Math Curriculum \| Rural Schools \| Yakima Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments In Yakima – where more than 70 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches, more than 50 percent of students are Hispanic and, for many, English is a second language – demographics bring unique challenges to boosting reading achievement levels. Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Washington \| Achievement Gap \| Pilot Programs \| WASL \| Reading \| Rural Schools \| Granger High School Posted on 04 Sep \| 0 comments "Sí, se puede." Yes, it can be done. Topics: College & Work Readiness \| Minority Students \| Principals \| Washington \| Achievement Gap \| Graduation Rates \| Pilot Programs \| Colleges \| Community Colleges \| Universities \| Rural Schools \| Pasco Is Doing Hand Stands; So are 19 Other High Schools In State By barbara on 21 May \| 0 comments This after reading Newsweek's May 28 edition which gives their annual list of the country's 1,000 best high schools. Read more... Topics: Washington \| Education Studies \| Rural Schools \| GLAD Helps Spanish-Speaking Elementary School Rise to the Top By barbara on 16 May \| 0 comments Felipe Guzman wandered around this 4th grade class, gently guiding his students through a sentence contruction lesson in generalizations. In Spanish. And about the Spanish language. 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