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Direct linkOlthouse, Jill M. – Gifted Education International, 2015
Gifted students see both educational benefits and barriers as a result of living in rural communities. Benefits include increased individual attention and community engagement; barriers include limited curricular options (Lawrence, 2009). Acceleration is an option that has positive academic outcomes but is underused, especially in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Academically Gifted, Teacher Attitudes, Attitude Change
Boerner, 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
Download full textAppalachia 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
Casto, James E. – Appalachia, 1996
REAL Enterprises, Inc. (Rural Entrepreneurship through Action Learning) is an academic program that helps students learn the basics of starting and nurturing a new business. West Virginia is 1 of 17 states offering the program with the goal of preparing youth to take advantage of economic opportunities in their own communities. (LP)
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Economic Opportunities, Entrepreneurship
Peer reviewedBrolin, Donn E.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1994
A distance education program trained teachers in West Virginia and Missouri rural school districts to implement the Life Centered Career Education Curriculum, a comprehensive K-12 transitional program. The program allowed educators in rural school districts to access a campus-based training course and begin incorporating transitional…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Daily Living Skills, Distance Education
Peer reviewedMiller, Kevin J.; Wienke, Wilfred D.; Savage, Luise B. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2000
One hundred sixteen rural general educators participated in an innovative 10-week training to learn instructional and behavioral strategies for working with students with disabilities in inclusive settings. Pre/post self-assessments of teaching skills showed significant improvements after training; elementary educators self-rated their skills…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
