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How Innovations in Rural Education Apply to Your School
June 12, 2025
How Can the Innovations in Rural Education Apply to Your School?
Leaders in rural education innovate ways to access needed resources, engage with their communities, and create relevant career pathways for their students’ futures. Unlike larger urban education districts, smaller rural education districts can more readily try new things and test out fresh ideas—think navigating a canoe versus an oil tanker.
In this dynamic webinar discussion, you’ll hear about innovation in rural education—the inspiring ways these communities are serving their students. We talk about:
- How place-based education heightens students’ sense of worth.
- Students in an agricultural area learning about the applications of technology from local dairy farmers.
- Rural education is not a monolith–but their diversity is what unifies them.
Moderator:
- Marina Stenos, Managing Partner, Global Education Practice, FINN Partners
Panel:
- Pamela J. Buffington, PhD, Director of Rural STEM Initiatives for the US Division at Education Development Center
- Moschoula Douris, Principal of the General Lyceum of Evdilos, Ikaria, Greece
- Melissa Harris, Senior Fellow at Transcend Education
Access Reimagining Rural Education: Global Innovations and Local Triumphs
