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Download full textPannell, Summer; McBrayer, Juliann Sergi – National Youth Advocacy and Resilience Journal, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between principal attrition and academic factors in Georgia's high-needs rural schools. The research shows that principals have a significant impact on student outcomes, and principal attrition is a disruptive factor in schools. The findings from this study indicate a negative correlation…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Principals, Occupational Mobility, Rural Schools
Williams, Sheneka M.; Swain, Walker A.; Graham, Jerome A. – AERA Open, 2021
Teacher turnover across the country presents a persistent and growing challenge for schools and districts, with the highest rates of turnover geographically concentrated in the American South. Research on teacher staffing and turnover problems consistently highlight two subsets of schools as struggling to attract and retain well-credentialed,…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Labor Turnover, Teacher Competencies, Racial Factors
Direct linkChildre, Amy L. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2014
The shortage of highly qualified special educators is most pronounced in rural schools serving populations characterized by poverty, low achievement, disability, and cultural diversity. The result is often untrained teachers serving students with the greatest education needs. This article describes efforts by a university in rural middle Georgia…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Qualifications, Rural Schools, Alternative Teacher Certification
Johnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty – Rural School and Community Trust, 2005
In 2002-2003, 27% (12.5 million) of public school students attended school in communities of fewer than 25,000 and 19% (8.8 million) attended school in smaller communities of fewer than 2,500. In this report, the authors focus on the schools in those smaller communities, the most rural schools in America. They frame the report around 22…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Rural Schools, Poverty, Socioeconomic Status
Howley, Craig – 2001
This report provides the first detailed picture of the features of the rural school bus ride. Data were provided by principals in 696 rural elementary schools in Arkansas, Georgia, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Washington--states chosen to represent diversity in region, locale, and ethnic composition. The literature commonly cites 30 minutes as…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Consolidated Schools, Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
GREEN, DONALD ROSS; AND OTHERS – 1965
IN 1964, FOUR PROFESSORS FROM THE DIVISION OF TEACHER EDUCATION AT EMORY UNIVERSITY VISITED SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. IN THIS SUBSEQUENT REPORT, THE AUTHORS CONTEND THAT THE ACT OF DESEGREGATION DOES NOT IN AND OF ITSELF REMOVE THE OMNIPRESENT PROBLEM OF POOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY IN THE…
Descriptors: Blacks, Boarding Homes, Cooperative Programs, Disadvantaged
