National Rural Education Association

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Introducing the Further Reading Research Collection! We have gathered some recommended reading on our website, and we are open to submissions to add more outstanding rural research materials to this page. Check it out here:

Further Reading - National Rural Education Association Further Reading NREA is proud to support authors who study rural places and publish their work, either in research journals or through books. We have gathered some recommended reading for you below. Please contact Executive Director Dr. Melissa Sadorf if you are interested in featuring your rural-fo...