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DeYoung, Alan J.; McKenzie, Roberta C. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Reviews economic and social science theories on the role of the school in economic development. Presents a case study of an underdeveloped rural Tennessee county where school improvement efforts were unsuccessful because of the sociological, political, economic, and cultural setting in which the school system operates. (KS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Role, Economic Development, Educational Change
Download full textHirth, Marilyn A.; And Others – 1992
Three conference papers on school finance reform in Tennessee are presented in this document, with a focus on the disparities between rural and urban public school funding. The first paper examines the nature and size of contributions of various funding sources to the per-pupil revenue in local school districts, analyzes specific problems of the…
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
McNelly, Don E.; And Others – 1990
A study was conducted to secure baseline data on Tennessee public high school students working during the school year, to ascertain and compare the students' and parents' opinions on a 31-item questionnaire, and to project the earnings and sales tax contributions of the students. A predetermined sample size was established in order to infer the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Education Work Relationship, High School Students, High Schools
Campana, Phillip J. – 1980
This study is an attempt to identify levels of support for foreign language programs in Tennessee within individual schools, school systems, counties, and congressional districts. Extensive charts, tables, and maps accompany the discussion of availability of foreign languages, support of foreign languages, enrollment in foreign language classes,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Language Enrollment, Public Schools, Rural Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (EIP), A MULTIFACETED COMPENSATORY EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED PUPILS IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLS. SUPPORTED BY THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS AND VARIOUS FOUNDATIONS, PROGRAMS ADMINISTERED BY EIP INCLUDE PROJECT OPPORTUNITY, AIMED AT…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Garrett, Edwin B., Comp. – 1972
Prepared by the Overton County Rural Education Improvement Project Director for Overton County, Tennessee, this 4-section report covers the period from July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1972. Section 1 provides demographic and school data including the current county population, industrial expansion in the county, 1967-72 school population, a map of…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Peer reviewedTrent, S. D. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
A Tennessee program awards stipends to teachers to attend summer classes and a practicum and earn 18 hours of credit in education of children with visual impairments. The program requires that teachers have assurance from their superintendents that they will teach visually impaired students in their school systems after endorsement. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Rural Areas
Howley, Craig B.; Harmon, Hobart L. – 2000
A case study of Oneida High School (Oneida, Tennessee) in December 1997 examined influences and unique circumstances that sustained the school in the face of possible closure and enabled it to "flourish." The study included structured interviews with over 70 individuals in the school and community, focus groups, and informal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Schools, Educational Attitudes
Willis, Clarissa A. – 2002
This final report describes the activities and outcomes of Project TIES (Towards Inclusion in Early Education), a federally funded demonstration model training program designed to enhance the abilities of child care providers and trainers to include young children, birth to five, with disabilities in developmentally appropriate child care…
Descriptors: Caregiver Training, Child Care, Community Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Henry, Kenneth J.; And Others – 1992
This paper examines school, family, and community factors related to the academic success of economically disadvantaged Appalachian students. In two middle schools in Appalachian Kentucky and Tennessee, 245 students who received free or reduced-price school lunches completed the Rural School Success Inventory (RSSI) and a writing sample about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aspiration, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Influence
Vickery, Richard Donald – 1972
The study measured the value orientations of school administrators, secondary teachers, teachers in traditional elementary schools, and teachers in innovative elementary schools in Southern Appalachia, along a continuum from Traditional to Emergent, using Differential Values Inventory (DVI) as the source of differentiation. The total…
Descriptors: Administrators, Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations
PDF pending restorationGarrett, Edwin B., Comp. – 1972
Prepared by the Overton County Rural Education Improvement Project Director for Overton County, Tennessee, this 8-section report covers the period from July 1, 1971 to June 30, 1972. Section 1 provides demographic and school data which includes the current county population, industrial expansion in the county, and the current school population.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Communication Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Early Childhood Education
Howley, Craig; Boren, Sue – 1993
This report describes the development and evaluation of mathematics activities manuals for grades K-8, correlated with the Tennessee state mathematics curriculum. Seventeen elementary teachers and seven secondary teachers met during January-June 1989 to write draft versions of the manuals and demonstrate activity-based mathematics and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Guides, Instructional Material Evaluation, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
Rosenfeld, Stuart – Foresight, 1985
Contributions of rural high schools to their local economic climate are both underestimated and undervalued. Functions that high schools can and should perform in rural economic development today include providing occupational training to meet immediate labor market needs, raising community educational attainment levels to meet long-term…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Development, High Schools, Labor Force Development
Keith, Jeanette – 1995
In the summer of 1925, national attention focused on Dayton, Tennessee, where John T. Scopes was on trial for teaching evolution in violation of state law. The Tennessee "monkey trial" symbolized the confrontation of modern, secular, urban America with conservative, religious, rural America. Although urban journalists and social critics…
Descriptors: Community Control, Culture Conflict, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
