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NREA Appoints Dr. Melissa Sadorf as New Executive Director
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 28, 2025 melissa@nrea.net Tucson, AZ – The National Rural Education Association (NREA) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Melissa Sadorf as its next Executive Director, effective June 1, 2025. Dr. Sadorf brings over 30 years of...
CoSN May 2025 Updates
CoSN 2025 State of EdTech Leadership Report CoSN recently released the CoSN 2025 State of EdTech Leadership Report. Now in its twelfth year, this annual report is based on findings gathered from CoSN’s 2025 State of EdTech District Leadership Survey. Through an...
CoSN April 2025 Updates
CoSN Annual ConferenceThe CoSN 2025 Annual Conference: Human Leadership in a World of AI, that wrapped up on April 2 in Seattle, Washington, had the largest number of attendees (over 1300) of any CoSN Annual Conference. Highlights of the conference events can be...
Strengthening Rural Communities Through Public Education
by Dr. Steven Johnson, NREA State Affiliate Representative B Introduction The debate over the federal government’s role in education has intensified, with some advocating for control to shift entirely to the states. However, this perspective overlooks the...
CoSN March Updates
Effective Communication Strategies for Education Technology LeadersOne of the consistent challenges that education technology leaders face is how to effectively communicate their messaging and information to a wide audience, most of whom do not work in the technology...
Where does the FY 2025 continuing resolution show program funding levels?
This information was originally published in the Committee for Education Funding newsletter. Please visit their website for more information. In fact, the Continuing Resolution (CR) for fiscal year (FY) 2025 specifies only a few funding levels of the funding it is...
Policy Intelligence and Education News from CEF
FY 2025 appropriations – Government funding expires in 10 days and so far, there is no agreement on a bill to continue funding. House Republicans hope to have a bill ready by this weekend that will extend funding for the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2025 at FY 2024...
Six Schools from Region One Partner with National Nonprofit, CollegeSpring, to Advance Student College and Career Readiness
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Zach Goldbergzach@goldbergcommunications.com Partnership Provides HS Students in Six School Districts in the Rio Grande Valley with Free, Teacher-Led, In-School Test Prep, Supporting Success on the SAT, ACT, TSIA2, and Dual Enrollment...
The Data Divide: The Battle for Rural Education Data Amid NCES Cuts
by Dr. Steven Johnson, NREA State Affiliate Representative B Recent cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) budget, including the termination of 169 contracts with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), have raised alarms in the education...
One-Pager: Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025
This is an informational piece on the Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2025 created by the Small School Districts' Association in California. This document can be used as a model for advocacy work in your own state, or at the national level....
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