Reports and Publications

91르적 and its partners across the region are producing important work on rural education that is meeting the needs of educators, students and families across New England. The , released in August of 2022, identifies six areas of research that rural educators across the nation have identified as critical to their students’ future success. We have organized faculty research into these six categories for easy reference.

Rural education workforce development


  • Rebecca Buchanan, Tammy Mills & Evan Mooney

  • Janet Fairman, Tammy Mills, Patricia Lech

  • Janet Fairman, Tammy Mills, Patricia Lech, Amy Johnson

  • Janet Fairman, Ian Mette, Maria Frankland

Providing culturally responsive rural education


  • Maria Frankland, Andrea Mercado, Catharine Biddle

  • Kathleen Gillon

  • Adrian Matrin, Tammy Mills

  • Ian Mette

  • Ian Mette

  • Ian Mette, Catharine Biddle, Sarah Mackenzie, Kathy Harris-Smedberg

School climate and mental health needs of rural students, teachers and families


  • Catharine Biddle, Lyn Mikel Brown, Mark Tappan

  • Maria Frankland

Cultivating meaningful partnerships and community relationships


  • Catharine Biddle, Ian Mette, Andrea Mercado

  • Catharine Biddle, Ian Mette, Lyn Mikel Brown, Mark Tappan, Brittany Ray and Sarah Strickland

  • Ian Mette, Catharine Biddle, Mark Congdon, Andrea Mercado

Rural college attendance, persistence and post-secondary training


  • Kathleen Gillon

Rural education policy and funding


  • Ian Mette

  • Ian Mette