Table of Contents ‘It’s Patchwork’: Rural Teachers Struggle to Connect in Pandemic Packaged books for students learning remotely are left on a table outside Oakdale Elementary School in Brandon, Mississippi. In rural school districts nationwide, educators are coming up with creative solutions to internet connectivity issues and detachment among students. Rogelio V. Solis The Associated Press CLARKSDALE, Miss. — Kayden Rosebur’s first year of high school didn’t go as she expected. Instead of meeting new friends and dashing through the hallways between bells, the 15-year-old joins her classmates remotely from her house in the rural Mississippi Delta. Her unstable internet service keeps her disconnected.