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Direct linkBoerner, Heather – Community College Journal, 2015
This article describes how out-of-work miners are engaged in the Empowering Education Initiative, a unique alliance between Country Music Television (CMT) and community colleges in Appalachia. The initiative, which includes a website and a series of country music concerts, is changing the conversation in the Appalachian region, giving hope to…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Higher Education, Music Activities, Job Training
Cunningham, Jessica D.; Bradley, Kelly D.; Osborn, Jeffrey – ERS Spectrum, 2008
To overcome barriers faced by rural educators, a research team at the University of Kentucky has combined a model of distance learning with a hands-on, inquiry approach to the instruction of middle school-level physical science. The project, entitled "Newton's Universe," measures teachers' and students' outcomes through surveys,…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Distance Education, Physical Sciences, Rural Schools
Download full textAsada, Hideko; Swank, Eric; Goldey, Gregory T. – 1999
A study explored the multicultural predispositions of Appalachian college students. Surveys addressing 23 variables related to demography, ideology, race perceptions, and university were returned by 437 students in 12 majors at Moorehead State University (Kentucky). Results indicate that the students of Eastern Kentucky gave tepid support to…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Students, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Environment
Stuart, Jesse – 1977
This autobiography relates the early teaching experiences of Kentucky teacher and author Jesse Stuart (1906-1984). Barely 17 years old, he first taught in a one-room, isolated rural school in eastern Kentucky for $60 a month. His 35 barefoot students in the eight grades ranged in age from 5 to 20 years. The students' passion for learning…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Educational Experience, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1991
This two-part report focuses on progress made by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) during the first year of a 5-year contract. AEL's mandate is to work with educators in ongoing research and development-based efforts to improve education and educational opportunities in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Part I:…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, At Risk Persons, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
Fasko, Daniel, Jr.; Grubb, Deborah J. – 1997
This study evaluated the self-assessment measures in the Learner-Centered Battery (LCB), which was developed from the theory and research base represented in the Learner Centered Psychological Principles (LCP) (American Psychological Association & McRel, 1993). The purposes of this study were: (1) to evaluate the use of the LCB self-assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
