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Recommendation 1: Recognize the contributions of rural schools.
Recommendation 2: Make the improvement of rural-urban equity of educational outcomes a Ministry of Education priority.
Recommendation 3: Create the provincial vision for rural education by focusing on how to foster equitable student achievement in all areas of the province.
Recommendation 4: Invest in the continuous instructional improvement and success of rural educators through professional development and teacher training.
Recommendation 5: Work with education partners to build a network of rural educators and leaders.
Recommendation 6: Produce a planning document that enables teachers to adapt the curriculum (Integrated Resource Packages) to reflect the needs of multi-grade classrooms and the strengths of rural environments.
Recommendation 7: Encourage partnerships and co-ordination across social service agencies to support students in communities undergoing economic hardship.
Recommendation 8: Enable creative solutions to reduce school operations costs.
Recommendation 9: Facilitate the provision of increased educational opportunities for students and educators by considering more flexible, balanced approaches to designing school calendars and timetables.
Recommendation 10: Utilize shared services among school districts, in regions and within small communities to find cost savings. Use the savings to support rural education.
Recommendation 11: Build local capacity in accessing grants, federal funding and corporate partnerships that could provide additional funding to rural schools.
Recommendation 12: Increase public understanding of the funding allocation system and the unique geographic factors.
Recommendation 13: Review the funding of rural schools.
Recommendation 14: Increase learning options for rural students and educators through technological solutions.
Recommendation 15: Deliver services to rural special needs students through the development of partnerships and creative solutions.
Recommendation 16: Seek models for the delivery of education to young children in remote rural communities as an alternative to school closure.
Recommendation 17: Encourage greater co-operation between school districts and First Nations groups and parents.
Recommendation 18: Increase connections with all parents, including those of students who currently receive public education through an alternate delivery system, such as home schooling.
Recommendation 19: Build on the strength of volunteerism in rural communities.
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