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Gina Ottinger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study explores the strategies employed by selected principals in rural Alaska who have demonstrated success in retaining teachers above the state's retention rate. Guided by the research question, "What do selected principals do that supports or contributes to successful teacher retention in their rural-remote areas?"…
Descriptors: Principals, Alaska Natives, Minority Serving Institutions, Teacher Persistence
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Doyle, Aaron; Kleinfeld, Judith; Reyes, Maria – Rural Educator, 2009
Indigenous students in rural Alaska hold high educational aspirations and yet few students realize their educational goals (Hamilton & Seyfrit, 1993; Kleinfeld & McDiarmid, 1986; McDiarmid & Kleinfeld, 1981). Our purpose in this study was to understand why so many Alaska Native students from small, isolated communities…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Academic Aspiration
Inverness Research, 2008
Inverness Research studied the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Seminars on Science program for eight years, from its inception in 1998 to 2006. This paper presents teacher survey ratings for "The Diversity of Fishes", along with profiles of two teachers who took the course. Course takers report on the annual follow-up surveys…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Museums, Seminars, Online Courses
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Volume I begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction. Data and discussion are provided on education legislation; education in large and in small cities; rural education; secondary education; higher education; teacher training; medical education; vocational education; commercial education; agricultural education; home economics;…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Urban Education, Rural Education, Secondary Education
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1912
This bulletin names and describes the publications of the Bureau of Education which, at the time of its compilation (September, 1912), are available for free distribution by this office. Many of these publications are of great value to teachers, students of education, librarians, and people having a general interest in education and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Government Publications, Agricultural Colleges