Welcome!
From April 3-4, the National Center for Research on Rural Education (R2Ed) hosted Connect-Inform-Advance, the 2013 National Conference on Rural Education Research. With a theme of Promoting Academic Success of Rural Students, the conference:
- Assembled education researchers, practitioners and policymakers from across the country
- Fostered dialogue about research-supported influences of teaching, family engagement, community involvement, school environment and contextual factors on the academic success of rural students
- Provided a research platform for exploring current issues and future directions of rural schools and education policy
- Featured presentations, roundtable discussions, open panels and a conference-specific Twitter feed
