Rural Schools Look for Ways to Bring More Multilingual Education into the Curriculum
In order to provide the most educational opportunities, rural schools are implementing a variety of strategies to accommodate the needs of bilingual students. But teachers shortages and funding are among the biggest challenges.
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Back to Appalachia
They were incarcerated in Eastern Kentucky, far from home. Now they’re free and back, hoping the region won’t build a new prison there.
In a Sustained Drought, Water Solutions Grant Supports Agricultural Innovation in Rural Colorado
Funding from the LOR Foundation allows farmers to experiment with unique and heritage grains and seeds that might be better adapted to drought conditions in the Southwest.
BLM Adopts Rule Described as a ‘Generation-Defining’ Shift for America’s Largest Land Manager
Environmentalists celebrate the BLM’s adoption of a conservation rule while opponents say it upends the agency’s multiple-use mandate.
Q&A: What is Heirs Property?
Lowcountry Gullah activist Luana Graves Sellars talks about slavery’s long shadow and predatory development in the coastal southeast.
Medicaid Unwinding Deals Blow to Tenuous System of Care for Native Americans
Although Native American and Alaska Native adults are enrolled in Medicaid at higher rates than their white counterparts, many tribal leaders feel they’ve been left in the dark as states roll through the tumultuous Medicaid unwinding that began last year.
Broken Promises and ‘Broken Justice’ in the Rust Belt
“American Rust” offers a portrait of post-industrial towns that some might dismiss as “misery porn,” but there are flickers of hope and intrigue amid the gloom.
‘Society of the Snow’ Shows Us How Far We’ll Go to Survive
Do desperate circumstances make us inhumane and immoral, or are they testaments to our will to live?
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