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Domanico, Ray; McCoy, Brandon – Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, 2020
In August, the Manhattan Institute (MI) contracted with Rasmussen Reports to survey public opinion in five states about school choice policies generally, as well as charter schools specifically. Working with MI, Rasmussen crafted nine questions that were added to the organization's regular polling of likely voters for presidential and senatorial…
Descriptors: School Choice, Public Opinion, Educational Policy, State Policy
Yang, Shu-O W.; Phillips, G. Howard – 1974
In order to contribute to the sparse literature on factors associated with crime in rural communities, an exploratory study analyzed the relation between demographic, social, and economic factors of selected rural townships in Ohio and their rates of crime. Data for the study were collected from three sources: daily offense reports from nine Ohio…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Satisfaction, Crime, Crime Prevention
Jyung, Chyul-Young; Miller, Larry E. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine the relationship of curriculum, gender, and location of residence to career maturity of high school students. Two schools (one urban, one rural) in central Ohio provided 320 participating students. A stratified random sampling techique was then used to select equal numbers of 10th and 12th grade vocational-male,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, Grade 10, Grade 12
DeRee, Hendricus G.; And Others – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
A study of 243 beginning teachers in Ohio rural settings explored relationships between teachers' effectiveness ratings and two preservice factors--undergraduate college grade point average and rural, suburban, or urban high school backgrounds. A highly significant relationship existed between grade point average and teacher effectiveness but not…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Point Average
McCracken, J. David; Peasley, Donald D. – 1995
Four studies examined financial and achievement issues in rural Ohio school districts. Based on both county population and location relative to a metropolitan statistical area, schools were assigned to five location categories: rural, semirural, rural/suburban, suburban, and urban. Study 1 examined financial characteristics of the 73 rural Ohio…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Yang, Shu-O W. – 1977
The study examined whether significant rural-urban differences still persisted in selected factors affecting a community's fertility level. The factors selected were education, occupational class, income, and the participation of women in the labor force. Tested was the hypothesis that the educational development, occupational class, economic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Rate, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status