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NREA Announces Three Newly-Elected Executive Board Members for 2025
The National Rural Education Association held elections for three open Executive Board positions in December. The ballot was open for voting to any member of the NREA in good standing until December 31, 2024. The NREA is pleased to announce the newly elected members...
CoSN December Updates
Financing Technology Innovations - Strategies and Tools As 2024 comes to a close and school leaders take on both continuing and new technology challenges in 2025, CoSN is pleased to provide multiple free technology financial planning and evaluation resources for...
CoSN November Updates
Report on Experiences and Lessons Learned During the CoSN 2024 International Education Delegation to Spain CoSN recently released a comprehensive report about the CoSN 2024 International Education Delegation’s visit to Spain. During the group’s visit to Spain they had...
Executive Director Vacancy Announcement
Interested applicants need to submit the following to execsearch@nrea.net by end of business on Wednesday, December 4, 2024. Cover Letter stating the candidates interest and highlights of why you believe you are a qualified candidate (no more than 2 pages)...
CoSN October Updates
AI & Accessibility in Education – The 2024 Blaschke ReportCoSN in partnership with CAST recently released a comprehensive report entitled “AI and Accessibility in Education”. The report examines the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to...
NREA Names David M. Ardrey as Interim Executive Director Effective October 1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 1, 2024execdir@nrea.net Chattanooga, TN – The Executive Committee of the National Rural Education Association (NREA) has announced the appointment of David M. Ardrey as the Interim Executive Director of the NREA. Mr. Ardrey is currently...
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: Critical Theory in Rural Education: Power, Place, and Justice
Edited by: Erin McHenry-Sorber, West Virginia University Sara L. Hartman, Ohio University Manuscript proposals are currently being solicited for the next book of the Rural Education and Social Justice Series (Routledge). We are seeking proposals that describe...
Congratulations to Our 2024 Teacher of the Year
Melissa Oberg, Cook County, Minnesota Melissa is a special education teacher at Cook County Schools in Grand Marais, MN. You can meet her and our 200+ presenters at the 2024 National Forum to Advance Rural Education on October 31-November 1 in Savannah,...
CoSN September Updates
Cybersecurity – A Continuing ChallengeThe recently released CoSN 2024 State of EdTech Leadership Report (https://www.cosn.org/edtech-topics/state-of-edtech-leadership/) identified Cybersecurity as one of the five “Key Findings” regarding challenges facing school...
NREA Executive Director Dr. Allen Pratt to Step Down December 31
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESEPTEMBER 5, 2024execdir@nrea.net Chattanooga, TN – On behalf of the National Rural Education Association (NREA) Board of Directors, we would like to recognize and honor the outstanding contributions of our outgoing Executive Director, Dr....
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