Rural Educators Across Borders

Part of place-based education is exploring the local-to-global context. Thanks to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and RSC partners, this new program facilitates international teacher collaboration in a place-based framework.

Rural Educators Across Borders is a multi-organization collaboration, designed to create a digital platform to allow collaboration with and storytelling from rural educators across the world.

Based on discussions by early career teachers in the United States and Wales, there are three primary topics to frame the Rural Educators Across Borders discussion: Resiliency, Pedagogy, and Teaching in Place.

Thanks to our founding partners, Welsh Government, Princess of Girona Foundation in Spain, and Teton Science Schools. Check out the new Resources Page!

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Rural Educators Across Borders Discusses Sustainability in Rural Schools: Watch the Replay!

On May 10th, 2022 we convened our second Rural Educators Across Borders event to discuss "Sustainability in Rural Schools." It was great to see so many partners come together to think about sustainability in our rural schools across the globe. Thank you to all those who participated in the event, our panelists, our partners, and event participants! Sign up for our newsletter to be notified about future events!

International Teacher Spotlight: Kinley Zam - Punakha District, Bhutan

Through the Rural Educators Across Borders program, Rural Schools Collaborative has had the opportunity to speak with educators from around the world in both live events and one-on-one interviews. Recently our team interviewed Kinley Zam, a teacher in rural Bhutan, about her perspective and the implementation of place-based education in her school.

Read Kinley's Story