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Rural leaders need to make education demands clear to Washington

January 6, 2015 /

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When it comes to education policy and rural states like Idaho, the federal government is more a purveyor of ugly sweaters than a deft Santa Claus. Washington’s approach to rural schools is often ill-fitting and misaligned to what rural school leaders want.

Challenges facing rural schools and the outcomes today should compel rural leaders to demand better from Washington – and both the Insiders and the superintendents think Washington is not doing enough.

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By ANDREW J. ROTHERHAM AND ASHLEY LIBETTI MITCHEL

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