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Rice, Russ – Appalachia, 1987
Time and modern education caught up with the nine pupils of Daniel's Creek Elementary School, one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in Kentucky. The school was closed at the end of the 1986-87 school year by the county school board, after much opposition from a citizen's group. (JMM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, One Teacher Schools, Personal Narratives, Rural Schools

Soldier, Lydia Whirlwind – Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education, 1993
Offers recollections of boarding school experiences that encouraged students to think negatively about their own language. Highlights efforts at Sinte Gleska University to integrate language and culture in training Lakota linguists and teachers. Presents recommendations and warnings about Lakota language instruction in public schools. (DMM)
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Higher Education, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance

Moran, Ruth A. – Child Welfare, 1994
Based on personal experience and a professional perspective, presents a theory about adult adoptees' reunions with their biological family. Identifies four stages of postreunion emotions: (1) paralysis; (2) eruption; (3) loss and grief; and (4) empowerment. Three factors that impact these stages are reunion success, reunion timing, and the fact…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adoption, Adult Children, Adults