The Rural School and Community Trust (Rural Trust) is an American national non-profit organization addressing the crucial relationship between good schools and thriving communities. Their mission is to help rural schools and communities get better together.
Working in some of the poorest, most challenging places, the Rural Trust involves young people in learning linked to their communities, improves the quality of teaching and school leadership, and advocates in a variety of ways for appropriate state educational policies, including the key issue of equitable and adequate funding for rural schools.
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