Reform cannot outlast community. To be effective and to last, reform must be imbedded in community. The Dalton Laboratory Plan produced five books on schools reform, and perhaps several dissertations, but it did not produce change in education for kids in Dalton. Strange, director of the Rural Trust Policy Program 5. The Rural School and Community Trust is seeking applicants for two positions in its rural education Policy Program.
Positions are open until filled.
The Field Organizer will work with a small policy program team to support grassroots groups in a dozen states in their organizing and policy work by providing tailored technical assistance and networking opportunities with other grassroots groups engaged in similar work. The new position will also work closely with the Rural Trust's Capacity Building program, which works directly to improve school practice in rural communities, in various joint efforts to improve both practice and policy. The Policy Monitor will be responsible for monitoring and reporting on the condition of rural education and on state policies affecting rural schools and communities. The Policy Monitor will continuously refine and develop our policy report card and design and implement a participatory research approach engaging citizen activists, officials, and various professionals in an assessment of state policies. They will work with other Policy Program staff members to interpret the results of this research and provide the public with useful communications outreach regarding rural education policy.