Lane Wendell Fischer for The Daily Yonder

Education

Amid threat of massive funding cuts, rural school administrators work overtime to balance uncertain budgets

"Kids Deserve Good Schools" sign being held during a rally in front of the Department of Education on March 13, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

Politics

Republicans double down on school vouchers by taking fight to rural members of their own party

KINGSTON, ILLINOIS A public school bus passes by a large farmstead along a rural road on a spring day, with the edge of a county forest preserve in the foreground.

Education

As Covid-19 emergency funding dries up, some rural schools may face a steep fiscal cliff in 2024

Concept illustration of school systems losing funding with graphic elements of cliff, schools, computers and finance charts.