Each year, the National Rural Education Association (NREA) and Rural Schools Collaborative (RSC) accept applications for the National Signature Project Award (NSPA), a $2,500 grant awarded to an outstanding and innovative classroom project that exemplifies the very best in Place-Based Education. The National Signature Project Award is open to any rural classroom teacher in the United States.
Last year, RSC and NREA proudly funded three incredible rural teachers and projects. And, for the first time, RSC and the NREA are thrilled to award four additional rural teachers with $1,500 toward their individual Place-Based Education projects.
Rural Schools Collaborative and the National Rural Education Association are proud to announce Jessica McGuire of Oakes, North Dakota, as the 2024-25 National Signature Project Award recipient for her Place-Based project, “7th Grade Business Fair.” RSC and NREA are also proud to announce our runners-up for the 2023-24 National Signature Project Award! In no particular order, the NSPA runners-up are Bradley Crider of Wartburg, Tennessee, Colleen Mette of Parkston, South Dakota, Jennifer Pratt of Houston, Mississippi, and Robyn Bonner of Peck, Idaho.
In addition to their place-based education awards, NREA and RSC will compensate all of the awardees’ travel and registration fees for their attendance to The 2024 National Forum to Advance Rural Education – happening in Savannah, Georgia on October 31-November 1, 2024.
Learn about all five outstanding rural educators and more about their upcoming projects!