Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools

Established in 1988 

In Partnership with the College of Education, Ohio University

An Advocate For Ohio's Rural Appalachian School Children For Over Two Decades

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The next CORAS Meeting: Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Location to be announced. 

The program will  be an FY 2010-2011 School Funding Update With Dick Maxwell.

Click for: Highlights and Pictures from the June 9, 2009 CORAS Summer Meeting and Golf Outing at EagleSticks, Zanesville

The mission of the Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools is to advocate for and support the public schools of Appalachia Ohio in the continuous improvement of educational opportunities available to all the region’s children. This statement of mission acknowledges that the region‘s public schools are an integral part of the public education system for Ohio and that the Coalition may support and join with similar efforts throughout the State to improve the educational opportunities for all children.

GOALS

1.   To seek equity in Ohio’s system of school funding and adequacy of educational opportunity for all of Ohio's children.     

2.   To support the continuous development of educational leadership throughout the region’s public school systems.

3.   To identify and analyze policy issues that impact the effectiveness, strength, and character of the public school

      system and to formulate and communicate position statements in response to these issues.

4.   To sponsor and promote the use of research and to share successful practices for improving educational

      opportunities for all children in the CORAS region.
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