Hello! My name is Daniel P. Leinberger and I am a student teacher at Northern Kentucky University, and I really appreciated your study & research on rural schools and the teacher shortage. As a K-12 student, I had always been at a rural school that did not necessarily have a teacher shortage; however, the turnover rate was high and I was never certain if the same teachers would be around in the following academic year. It was quite frequent that the teachers whom I was assigned to would change from when we received our schedules in late May and when we (the students) arrived during the first week of August. Great post on a topic that hits close to home to me! Also, I hope to teach in a small, rural city too! Hopefully my hometown!

-Daniel L. 🙂