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Peer reviewedDeYoung, Alan J.; Howley, Craig B. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1990
This article defines historical and contemporary rural schools, outlines three sociological and political economy perspectives essential for understanding why school consolidation and rural school reform are abiding themes in rural America, and examines the political and economic context of a vigorous new school consolidation program in West…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHowley, Craig B.; Coe, Pam – 1989
In a demonstration of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's (AEL's) Community Partnership for School Improvement model, Hart County (Kentucky) community members and school representatives planned and implemented a school improvement project to increase parents' involvement in their children's education. In May 1988, 203 out of 625 questionnaires…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Parent Attitudes
Hunter, James; Howley, Craig B. – 1990
This digest, which is based primarily on the 1989 ERIC/CRESS monograph entitled "Achievement of Equity in Capital Outlay Financing: A Policy Analysis for the States," by D. Thompson G. Stewart, D. Honeyman, and R. Wood, addresses possible solutions to the emerging problem of capital outlay financing, with special attention to facilities…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
