The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has provided over $3.3 million in grants to outstanding providers of educational enrichment in rural areas since 2012. In extensive interviews, rural education experts in our grantee organizations shared their practical knowledge of the best ways to identify academically talented students in rural areas, provide academic enrichment, and help these students navigate their unique social, cultural, and emotional landscape. Combining their best practices with a review of already existing literature, the authors of "Small Town, Big Talent: Identifying and Supporting Academically Promising Students in Rural Areas" distill the major conclusions into 14 actionable recommendations, which they hope will be useful to a wide range of organizations, educators, and other interested parties. This executive summary highlights these 14 recommendations. [For the full report, see ED603582.]