From legalruralism.blogspot.com
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California counties without nearby universities struggle to recruit teachers
Diana Lambert reported for Ed Source reported a few days ago. Here's an excerpt: Nine rural California counties, most struggling with student achievement and teacher recruitment, are in teacher education deserts, according to a report released Tuesday from the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Alpine, Del Norte, Imperial, Inyo, Lassen, Modoc, Mono, Sierra and Siskiyou counties do not have teacher preparation programs within 60 miles of their county offices of education, according...
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Cal Poly Humboldt home to "nation's most entrenched protest"
Jonathan Wolfe reports today for the New York Times from Arcata, California, home of California Polytechnic Humboldt. Here's the lede: When university administrators across the nation worry about the potential fallout from campus protests, they may have Siemens Hall in mind.The building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, includes the campus president’s office and has been occupied for a week by pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside and fought off an early...
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Gluesenkamp Perez invokes rural and working-class folks in relation to stance on a secure border
A. Martinez of NPR's Morning Edition interviewed Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez today regarding "centrist Democrats" stance on border security. That is, they want the Biden administration to tighten it, partly because of the scourge of fentanyl and its consequences in districts like hers. Twice during the interview she came across the phrase, "rural and working-class" communities. In the latter mention she adds, "and the trades." This quote provides further context: GLUESENKAMP...
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Columbia, NYU, Berkeley--and Cal Poly Humboldt? "Rural" far northern California bursts into the spotlight amidst campus protests
When I went to bed last night, Columbia University and, to a lesser extent, NYU, were in the news in relation to student protests framed as "pro-Palestinian." UC Berkeley has been in the news for several weeks in relation to the stances that students there have taken. So, imagine my surprise when I awakened to news this morning that had humble and ruralish Cal Poly Humboldt--until a few years ago even more humble Cal State Humboldt--in the news. Here's what the California sun wrote this...
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On a Democratic Senate incumbent's election struggle in a purple state
NBC news reported under the headline "Tammy Baldwin fights to maintain appeal in rural Wisconsin amid Democratic slide." The subhead is "The senator has outrun other members of her party in rural areas before. This November, she'll have to manage being on a ballot with Donald Trump." Here's the gist of the story: Baldwin is bracing for a tough re-election race against likely Republican nominee Eric Hovde, a multimillionaire and bank owner who loaned $8 million of his own money to his campaign...