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Sands, Lu – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
Highlights events in the life of Jesse Stuart, who began his teaching career at the age of 17 in a remote one-room school in the Kentucky hills and went on to become widely recognized as teacher, lecturer, and significant regional writer. Emphasizes Stuart's love of teaching and his personal values. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Biographies, Leadership Qualities, One Teacher Schools, Regional Characteristics
Peer reviewedSlaton, Deborah Bott; Lacefield, Warren E. – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1991
A total of 155 educators in rural Kentucky participated in 4 inservice education sessions on learning disabilities and adaptive teaching, delivered via an interactive telecommunications network. Participants' reactions indicated that interactive television was an acceptable format for delivery of inservice education. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Groppel, Carol – 1988
The Pennyrile Education Services Model Plan was developed to meet the literacy and basic skills needs of undereducated adults living in a predominantly rural, 10-county region of Kentucky known as Pennyrile. The model plan includes the establishment of eight education services centers, beginning with a center in Madisonville that serves…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Counseling Services, Day Care
Bagby, Jane; And Others – 1985
A review of studies conducted from 1973-1984 shows continuing inequalities between rural Appalachian and non-Appalachian school districts in Kentucky, particularly in the areas of expenditures, sources of revenue, and holding power. The gap between Appalachian and non-Appalachian school systems in per pupil expenditures and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coal, Community Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
