How rural educators are creating future-ready learning through Place-Based Education.

Through professional development, funding, and a cohort-model, KSU’s Project KRIATE is fostering Place-Based Education skills and community connections in…

RSC Illinois Hub Partners, Galesburg Community Foundation, presented alongside Community Fund leads from Knoxville and Roseville at Compeer Financial's…

An Institute of Education Sciences-funded study of career-connected learning in Chicago Public Schools, in partnership with the UChicago Consortium on School Research

The CommunityShare National Educator Fellowship is a 10-month professional learning journey that equips you to design and lead powerful Community-Engaged Learning (CEL) experiences. Through this fellowship, you’ll learn how to make learning more relevant, connected, and meaningful for your learners by partnering with the strengths and expertise in your local community. Learn more about our Community-Engaged Learning Framework. You’ll gain strategies, tools, and support to ignite student engagement, strengthen community connections, and grow as a local education leader.

The Rural Philanthropy Institute (RPI) Research Fellowship supports research that deepens understanding of rural philanthropy, rural nonprofits, and the role the nonprofit sector plays in building and sustaining healthy rural communities.

Rural Education is a vital part of the United States educational system but often gets overlooked. In Beyond Fences and Fields, we capture the stories of thr...

Rural Schools Collaborative is committed to making intentional strides to support our mission and strengthen rural communities.

RSC's Missouri Hub partners at the Community Foundation of the Ozarks award five teacher grants

Introducing Darris Means, PhD., our 2026 Jackie Bezos Researcher in Residence.

The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque’s fourth annual teacher summit provided rural educators with hands-on professional development, mental…

Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation supports rural teacher classrooms through RSC's Grants in Place program.

The Rural Schools Collaborative builds sustainable rural communities through a keen focus on place, teachers, and philanthropy.

Through a novel collaboration between Washington County Schools and East Carolina University, local students learned to critically analyze historical…

Western Illinois University alumna Ruth Owusu-Ansah, a special education teacher at Bushnell-Prairie City High School and graduate of WIU's Organization, Leadership and Education (OJEI) doctoral program, recently represented Illinois at the Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) 2026 Rural Education Summit in Madison, WI.

Through a tailored masters degree program, East Carolina University and Pitt County Schools are creating a powerful collaborative model to retain teachers…

Educators, higher education leaders, nonprofit partners, and community advocates gathered with Rural Schools Collaborative in Madison, Wisconsin to share…

Three educators and researchers from Vanderbilt University’s Doctorate of Education Program share key findings from analyzing RSC’s Grants in Place…

Rural Schools Collaborative receives additional support from the Bezos Family Foundation

Motaz Attalla, Brad Bernatek, and Catharine Biddle join the Rural Schools Collaborative Board of Directors.

2nd Year Leaders of the Emergent Educators Advisory Council reflect on two years collaborating with their rural peers.