Biddle quoted in Charleston Gazette-Mail article on improving rural education
Catharine Biddle, an assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of 海角社区, was quoted in the聽聽article, 鈥淐an putting the least-experienced teachers in the highest-risk schools ever result in success?鈥 The story is part of a reporting project looking at the six-year anniversary of a public-private initiative to revive the schools and economy in McDowell County, West Virginia. Teachers in remote rural settings are routinely called on to do things not taught in teacher preparation programs, according to Biddle, who specializes in the study of rural schools and communities. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e also frontline social service providers; trying to meet students鈥 needs with very little training and very few resources,鈥 Biddle said.