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Making that connection means not only hiring teachers and administrators who understand rural life, but providing health services, school lunches and vocational guidance that would otherwise be inaccessible to students, the article states. \u201cPrograms based around that are the ones I\u2019ve seen be the most successful,\u201d she said. Small, rural schools often face challenges stemming from their location: They can be isolated from many of the enrichment opportunities available in urban or suburban regions, the BDN reported. Their size, however, can also be one of their biggest assets, Biddle said, adding that when everyone knows one another, it can be easier to understand what students really need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was quoted in a\u00a0Bangor Daily News\u00a0article about rural Aroostook County shattering expectations at sending high schoolers on to higher education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Maine, was quoted in a\u00a0Bangor Daily News\u00a0article about rural Aroostook County shattering expectations at sending high schoolers on to higher 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