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'Perils And Promise:' Rural Education In North Carolina

Perils And Promise, Rural Education, Vance Public Schools
Leoneda Inge

Rural areas of North Carolina are not seeing the benefits of the economic recovery that are apparent in places like the Triangle, Triad or Charlotte.

The same is true for rural school districts. Their dropout rates are significantly higher than their urban counterparts, and their surrounding communities have higher rates of unemployment. 

WUNC recently examined one rural district, Vance County Schools, to understand how it is preparing students for higher education and the changing workforce. 

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC changing economy reporter Leoneda Inge about her series, "Perils and Promise." He continues the conversation with Stephanie Ayscue, principal of Southern Vance High School, and Mara Tieken, professor of education at Bates College and author of "Why Rural Schools Matter" (UNC Press/2014).

Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.