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Learning About Race and Racism Through Storytelling and the Arts
Professor Lee Anne Bell gives the audience at the 2011 Rural Sites Network Conference new tools to help their students build transforming stories that challenge the status quo. More ›
Featured Resources
Honoring Dialect and Culture: Pathways to Student Success on High-Stakes Writing Assessments
When a speaker of Appalachian English fails the state's writing assessment, Michelle Crotteau, a teacher-consultant with the Central Virginia Writing Project, demonstrates that appropriate strategies and respect for home language allows for both authentic writing and successful test preparation. More ›
Why Rural Matters: 2009
The fifth report in a biennial research series by the Rural School and Community Trust, this report provides regional analyses of rural education based on comparative gauges, including size and scope, students and families, educational policies and outcomes, poverty, and rural education priorities. More ›
Book Review: Storytelling for Social Justice
Lee Anne Bell introduces the Storytelling Project model, a compelling antiracist curriculum designed to enable reflective and critical conversations about race and racism by examining the stories we tell. More ›
