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Download full textHowley, Craig B., Ed.; Harmon, Hobart L., Ed. – 2000
It is now widely recognized that small schools are more productive and effective than larger schools. Yet, public officials and professional educators in many rural areas continue to believe that small schools are inefficient and ineffective, a way of thinking reflected in closed schools, angry residents, and long bus rides for students. About a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment, High Schools
Howley, Craig B., Ed.; Eckman, John M., Ed. – 1997
This book aims to help parents, community members, and educators find resources, design school options, and take action together to improve small rural schools in ways that meet community and student needs. Chapter 1 discusses the virtues of smallness, outlines basic assumptions about the role and nature of good education, examines the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Change
