342— Urban vs Rural School Districts: How can we help our students succeed?

To establish my research, I will be comparing Dansville Central School District to Rochester City School District. I am intrigued to find out the policies between an urban school district versus a rural school district in the state of New York. In addition, I want to find out what government intervention has been done for both school districts. My target population is grades K-12 from Dansville Central School District and Rochester City School District. I will be examining the social welfare policies that are in both school districts. For instance, I will be reviewing the Free and Reduced Lunch program which is present in both districts. I want to learn more about graduation rates, percentage of students going to college, poverty rate in both areas. My main objective is to find out the role of government for rural and urban schools. My question is why is the government absent in rural areas? Why does the city school district receive more government funding and intervention? Overall, this topic is extremely important for everyone to know and be informed about. I believe most people forget about the rural school population in upstate New York because there are bigger issues happening in the city schools of Rochester.