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A significant amount of my dissertation research finds that a number of people in local communities do not believe administrators when they claim cuts to programs are necessary, when people question salaries, benefits, and don't understand state mandates. The back fire...

Class 2, Summary of Reading #3:

Meyer F., J. Miggelbrink and T. Schwarzenberg. 2016. Reflecting on the margins: Socio-spatial stigmatisation among adolescents in a peripheralised region. Comparative Population Studies. 41(3/4): 285-320. http://dx.doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2...

Class #2, Summary of Reading #2:

Christiaanse S., T. Haartsen. 2017. The influence of symbolic and emotional meanings of rural facilities on reactions to closure: The case of the village supermarket. Journal of Rural Studies. 54: 326-336. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jru...

After completing this course of six 3-hour classes, it is clear that if I continue to summarize one 3-hour class and its assigned readings per blog post, they will all be prohibitively long. So from here forward, each post will consist of a summary of either one of the...

INTRODUCTION

The number one Agriculture school in the world is Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and has been for several years, as ranked by numerous sources.

(Cornell shows up at anywhere from 2-7, depending on the year and the ranking source.)

This semester, Dr...

We have been learning more about how best to communicate research and information to you. As part of a fellowship called "Knowledge Matters" we produced this short (less than 7 min) video on self-care for compassion fatigue, aimed at teachers. (Click below to watch vid...

RSA was recently asked by the Georgia School Boards Association to facilitate a task force on rural school issues.  Together, RSA and GSBA developed a plan to allow Georgia’s rural schools to identify and record their challenges, discuss them and develop recommendation...

Suzannah Iadarola, Ph.D., BCBA-D, Assistant Professor and Director of the Rochester Regional Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder at the University of Rochester Medical Center, reached out to us asking if we could help get the word out about a resource they offer in the...

Some Cornell researchers have created a website to help schools improve nutrition in their lunchrooms, without spending much, or any, money.  The Smarter Lunchrooms website has a number of free tools you can use to assess your lunchroom, as well as 60 ways to improve b...

Congratulations to Forestville and Pine Valley Central School Districts, Sidney Central School District, Broome-Tioga BOCES, and St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES - they are all direct recipients of Farm-to-School grants! Eight additional grants were awarded to non-school organ...