Stephen Kostyo

Join PRI's Dreama Gentry March 5 at Harvard Graduate School of Education's Askwith Forum on higher ed and expanding access for rural youth. Register in person or virtual: calendar.gse.harvard.edu/en/36YmkP6/g/54VVVpBN0P/college-access-starts-at-birth-lessons-from-rural-america-5a5YUc2N5ST/overview

Cisco Fuels CORI’s Vision to Build the Rural Insights Hub CORI announces Cisco funding for the Rural Insights Hub, a national platform advancing rural innovation, digital skills, workforce data, and economic growth.

We’re proud to contribute to the Rural Insights Hub, a Center on Rural Innovation initiative giving rural leaders and communities the data they need to make informed decisions and create lasting impact. Learn more: ruralinnovation.us/blog/cisco-fuels-coris-vision-to-build-the-rural-insights-hub

Join me at the #RuralSummit26! This is a chance to join educators, leaders and other cradle-to-career partners growing a movement to expand opportunities for children & families. Come connect and learn with folks doing this work April 12-15 in Buffal, NY: Cvent.me/0Bwlm9 @partnersrural.bsky.social

Last month in Philadelphia, CEO Dreama Gentry joined national changemakers at the Ideas We Should Steal festival, presented by Comcast NBCUniversal. She shared a simple truth: place matters, but it shouldn't define destiny. Learn more: thephiladelphiacitizen.org/watch-ideas-we-should-steal-festival

Aerial view of a rural community

In our latest episode of the Harvard EdCast, Dreama Gentry, founder and CEO of Partners for Rural Impact, shares how “cradle-to-career” pathways are rebuilding hope in rural America and why the future of education depends on keeping rural students in the picture.

🎙️ Listen here: bit.ly/3KRhX41

We’re excited to announce our first #RuralSummit26 speaker: Lisa M. Lawson, president & CEO of Annie E. Casey Foundation! Lawson will reframe adolescence as a powerful time of growth and show how we can better support young people on the path to adulthood. Register: cvent.me/0Bwlm9

Every Rural Summit is built on the voices, experiences & solutions of rural communities. Join us April 12-15 in Buffalo for inspiring talks, interactive sessions & connections that strengthen cradle-to-career pathways.

🔗 Register: cvent.me/0Bwlm9

#RuralSummit26 #RuralEducation #RuralCommunities

Proud to partner with @nationswell.bsky.social and others who know rural life and the barriers to philanthropic funding. Rural communities are rich in potential but underinvested. Impact starts with partnership.

nationswell.com/investing-in-rural-communities-why-the-delta-demands-bold-philanthropy

The Rural Summit turns connection into a movement. Learn alongside rural leaders who understand the rural experience and leave with new tools and relationships to take back home.

📅 April 12-15
📍 Buffalo, NY
🔗 Register now: cvent.me/0Bwlm9

#RuralSummit26 #CradleToCareer #RuralEducation

Now’s the time to lock in your spot. Early bird pricing for #RuralSummit26 is available through Feb. 14! Join rural leaders from across North America to learn, connect and return home with fresh ideas.

April 12-15 | Buffalo, NY
Register: cvent.me/0Bwlm9

Hosted by PRI and the Tamarack Institute.

Join me at the #RuralSummit26! This is a chance to join educators, leaders and other cradle-to-career partners growing a movement to expand opportunities for children & families. Come connect and learn with folks doing this work April 12-15 in Buffal, NY: Cvent.me/0Bwlm9 @partnersrural.bsky.social

Trump-voting states have more to lose if Education Department dismantled States that voted for Trump receive more federal education funds than those that voted for Harris.

What we're seeing with this map is mainly the impact of how Title I cuts would hit low-spending (low-wealth) states.
- from @axios.com's April Rubin

www.axios.com/2025/02/05/t...

Department of Education: Trump's plans and the department's legacy in enforcing civil rights law Trump is reportedly preparing executive action to dismantle the department.

In case you missed me on NPR today.

A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

www.npr.org/2025/02/04/n...