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Peer reviewedYoder, Jan – NASSP Bulletin, 1985
Offers suggestions for gifted education programs in rural school districts, based on practices used in some eastern Iowa districts. Discusses such considerations as program planning, program implementation, program staffing, expanding or supplementing the regular curriculum for gifted students, and facilitating interaction among participating…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Interaction
Decker, Robert H. – 1988
Many rural school districts struggling with declining elementary school enrollments will soon face the more complex problems of declining high school enrollment. School districts with only one high school do not have the option of consolidation and must find innovative solutions to the problem of maintaining educational quality with dwindling…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Declining Enrollment, Educational Cooperation, High Schools
Decker, Robert H.; Talbot, Adrian P. – 1989
In the face of declining enrollments, many Iowa rural school districts have begun sharing superintendents. In 1988-89, 88 districts shared 44 superintendents; 42 of these participated in structured interviews for this study. All participants were male. Interviewees indicated that most school boards had undertaken the new arrangement because the…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Educational Administration
Download full textRoberts, Cheryl A.; Gaies, Stephen J. – 1990
Since 1965, Amish children in Buchanan County, Iowa have been exempted from state requirements to attend centralized schools and, instead, are taught in small rural schools with a traditional curriculum through grade 8. More recent federal laws mandate provision of special services to limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in this group. Some…
Descriptors: Amish, Cultural Isolation, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Peer reviewedAnderson, Norman D. – Rural Educator, 1987
Recalls highlights on student days in a one-room country school. Describes school maintenance routines, individualized instruction, school programs, and holiday celebrations. Concludes that alumni of one-room schools are proud of their heritage and feel that the education they received reflects the nation's finest values. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Curriculum, Democratic Values
Molgaard, Virginia – 1985
Designed to accompany a 28-minute videotape about the impact of the Iowa agricultural crisis on the school setting, this publication offers suggestions for classroom activities and ways teachers can become effective in reducing student stress. Teachers are encouraged to deal with students with problems by showing sensitivity and warmth,…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Listening Skills
Dreier, William H. – 1984
Questions about effects of consolidation on Iowa's small schools can be answered through historical review and current assessment of nine small districts. By 1966, Iowa's 1912 School Consolidation Law and subsequent legislation had reduced 4,500 taxing units to 455, with each district offering K-12 programs to a total enrollment of at least 300…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Consolidated Schools, Courses
Dannenbring, Gary L.; Krueger, Frederick H. – 1986
A computerized referral management system, the Arrowhead Student Information System, has enhanced communication among special education staff members in rural Iowa. The system serves a 45-district intermediate level service unit which identifies and serves children from birth to 21 years who require special education from a student and preschool…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Design Requirements, Educational Diagnosis
