In this descriptive and comparative study, we present results highlighting the complexity and scope of the challenges facing rural districts as they navigate the changing demographics of the students and families they serve. Rapid increases in the number and concentration of racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse students in rural areas may have significant implications for teaching and learning. In the face of these changes, rural districts may lack the financial, human, and logistical resources to meet these increasing demands. Viewed within the context of the salient literatures and attentive to the dynamics of organizational change, the results support recommendations for a variety of school- and district-based strategies and send a clear message to policymakers, educators, and others concerned with the education of rural youth, rural families, and rural communities: the need is real and growing in intensity, and there is a role and responsibility for all stakeholders to play.

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美国农村的人口变化及其对特殊教育规划的影响：描述性和比较分析

在这项描述性和比较性研究中，我们展示的结果强调了农村地区在应对其所服务的学生和家庭不断变化的人口统计数据时所面临挑战的复杂性和范围。农村地区种族、文化和语言多样化的学生数量和集中度的迅速增加可能对教学和学习产生重大影响。面对这些变化，农村地区可能缺乏满足这些日益增长的需求的财政、人力和后勤资源。在突出文献的背景下并关注组织变革的动态，结果支持对各种基于学校和地区的战略的建议，并向政策制定者、教育工作者和其他关注农村教育的人发出明确的信息。青年，