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Download full textMuse, Ivan D. – 1977
Characterized by limited financial resources, course offerings, vocational education programs, faculty, and administrators, rural schools have a student population that is generally poorer, less motivated, more culturally deprived, and more isolated than its urban counterpart. Consequently, the rural school teacher has an especially demanding job,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationBarker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
Comparisons between 35 small/rural K-12 Kansas school districts (900 students or fewer) and 642 similar districts nationwide use data gathered during 1982-83. Qualifying Kansas districts (208, enrolling 95,466 students) were identified, to be compared to 4,125 qualifying districts nationwide. A questionnaire mailed to superintendents of 36…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
A 1982-83 survey produced data used to compare 17 small/rural K-12 New Mexico school districts (900 students or fewer) with 642 similar districts nationwide. Of New Mexico's 88 school districts, 43 were identified as qualifying (48.9%, enrolling 16,648 students), for comparison to 4,125 similar districts nationwide. A questionnaire mailed to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Courses
Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1983
A 1982-83 study conducted at Brigham Young University compared K-12 rural schools with fewer than 300 students to those with enrollments of 301-900, using information from districts in 45 states. Of the 15,601 American K-12/1-12 public school systems, 1,414 (9.1%) were identified as enrolling 300 students or fewer, and 2,711 (17.4%) enrolled…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis
Muse, Ivan D.; And Others – 1983
Of the 105 small K-12 rural public school districts (enrollments under 900) identified in the Colorado study, 19 were randomly chosen for use in gathering information to assist educators in understanding and improving the education of rural residents. A 100% response rate to the 123-item questionnaire mailed to superintendents provided information…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrators, Comparative Analysis, Consolidated Schools
Barker, Bruce O.; Muse, Ivan D. – 1984
Ten innovative rural school programs are briefly described. Included are North Dakota's Mott School District #6 (316 students), which cooperates in a Multi-District Vocational Mobile Program bringing vocational education opportunities to isolated, rural students; Washington's Liberty School District (180 secondary students), where supervised…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Correspondence Study, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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