A PROJECT OF RURAL SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE & NREA

Filtered Place-Based Education

Tammie Hodnett Marlow – Cleveland, MS

November 21, 2024

Highlighting the innovative programs created and led by Mississippi Rural Teacher of the Year winner, Tammie Hodnett Marlow, the award winning science teacher at Cleveland Central Middle School in Cleveland, MS.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Place-Based Education, Local Philanthropy, Teacher Profile, Teacher Feature: Mississippi, Mississippi

Amanda Bedell - Charlevoix County, MI

October 8, 2024

A Michigan island serves as a classroom where the school is the community.

Regional Hubs, Indiana & Great Lakes, Place-Based Education, Teacher Profile, Rural Resilience, Teacher Feature: Michigan

Connie Skrmetta - Delisle, MS

August 20, 2024

Highlighting the innovative programs created and led by Mississippi Rural Teacher of the Year winner, Connie Skrmetta, the Health and Physical Education Teacher at DeLisle Elementary School in DeLisle, MS.

Regional Hubs, Power of Partnerships, Place-Based Education, Local Philanthropy, Teacher Profile, Teacher Feature: Mississippi, Mississippi

Todd Willis - Tate County, MS

July 9, 2024

Highlighting the innovative programs created and led by Mississippi Rural Teacher of the Year winner, Todd Willis, an innovative 3rd grade Teacher at Coldwater Elementary School in Tate County, MS.

Regional Hubs, Place-Based Education, Local Philanthropy, Teacher Profile, Teacher Feature: Mississippi, Mississippi

2024 Grants in Place Celebration of Learning

June 20, 2024

The Celebration of Learning features 17 rural teachers who were awarded grants to do a Place-Based Education project that connected their classrooms and communities.

Regional Hubs, Place-Based Education, Local Philanthropy, Grants in Place

Reciprocity Project Update: Tregaron, Wales

June 17, 2024

Hannah Omerod and her students from Henry Richard School in Tregaron, Wales introduce themselves.

Place-Based Education, Rural Educators Across Borders, Reciprocity Project Blog

Reciprocity Project Update: Oroville, California

June 10, 2024

Students from Jan Mathews' class at the Hearthstone School in Northern California share their story.

Place-Based Education, Rural Educators Across Borders, Reciprocity Project Blog

Reciprocity Project Update: From Monmouth, IL to Northern Ireland

June 6, 2024

Students from Mariah Garzee, Oonagh McAlister and Anna Martin's classes share about each of their places.

Place-Based Education, Rural Educators Across Borders, Reciprocity Project Blog

Young Educators’ Advisory Council Members Creating Lasting Impacts in their Communities

May 15, 2024

Three of our Young Educators’ Advisory Council Members lead their students in meaningful Place-Based Education projects this spring.

Place-Based Education, Young Educators' Advisory Council, Emergent Educators’ Advisory Council

Updates from our Reciprocity Project Teachers!

March 8, 2024

Featuring updates on Will Miller’s class sugaring project in Massachusetts and introductions from Anna Martin’s Primary 5 class at St. Brigid’s Primary School in Northern Ireland.

Place-Based Education, Rural Educators Across Borders, Reciprocity Project Blog

Reflections on I Am A Rural Teacher

January 17, 2024

Rural Schools Collaborative looks back on seven years of sharing the stories of rural teachers via the I Am A Rural Teacher project, in their own words.

Place-Based Education, Teacher Profile, Gratitude

Reciprocity Project Classes Engage in Introductory Activities

December 19, 2023

This succinct piece highlights several of the different “introductory activities” that have been produced by some of the participating Rural Educators Across Borders teachers and their students.

Place-Based Education, Rural Educators Across Borders, Reciprocity Project Blog