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Wilgoren, Jodi – New York Times Education Life, 2000
A visit to a Montana one-room school reveals the characteristics and advantages of one-room schools. Small schools are crucial to student success in early grades and students from small schools tend to outperform their peers. Large schools are borrowing features such as multiage classrooms, peer tutoring, and interdisciplinary projects as they…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mixed Age Grouping
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Barker, Bruce; Muse, Ivan – Research in Rural Education, 1986
Traces decline of one-room schools from 24,000 in 1959 to about 840 today. Reports findings from 1984 survey of 643 surviving one-room schools in Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, California, and Wyoming. Includes data on enrollments, teacher qualifications and responsibilities, student achievement, and school facilities/equipment. (NEC)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, One Teacher Schools
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Gardener, Clark E. – Rural Educator, 1984
Describes results of a 1981 survey of 162 small rural schools in Montana. Notes that teachers cited educational finance as the main rural education problem and that Montana's rural teachers receive few incentives. Reports results pertaining to preparing teachers for rural settings, curriculum development, school-community relationships, and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Finance, Elementary Education, One Teacher Schools
Morton, Claudette – 1999
In Montana, there are 151 small rural schools that constitute elementary independent districts with either a supervising teacher or a teaching principal as the head of the school. In fall 1998, a survey of all 151 schools examined enrollments, budgets, staff, salaries, and benefits. Enrollments ranged from 2 to 174 students; 83 schools had fewer…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Schools, Enrollment
Boss, Suzie – Northwest Education, 2000
Two-thirds of Montana's school districts are rural, and most students attend schools with enrollments under 300. Such recent trends as peer tutoring, multigrade classrooms, and project-based learning have always been practiced in these small schools. One small community's successful effort to save its school, classroom practices in one-room…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
Muse, Ivan; And Others – 1985
Academic and social performance of 204 high school students who had attended one-teacher rural elementary schools in Nebraska, South Dakota, and Montana was investigated to determine if small school students were disadvantaged in a larger high school setting. Data gathered by questionnaires from students, school administrators, and counselors…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Counselor Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
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Davis, Marsha Smith – Rural Educator, 2002
A study examined factors inherent in Montana's smallest schools that attract and retain teachers. Surveys of 126 elementary teachers in 107 small school districts found that a rural background and proximity to family or home were influential in accepting employment. The classroom experience, particularly their relationship with students, and…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Faculty Mobility