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Download full textRural Policy Matters, 1999
This document consists of the 10 issues of the newsletter Rural Policy Matters published in 1999. The newsletter seeks to promote understanding of the complex issues affecting rural schools and communities, to inform the public debate over rural education policy, and to report what rural people are doing to shape education policy in their state.…
Descriptors: Activism, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Policy
Pohjanpalo, Marja, Ed.; Semi, Ritva – Children in Finland, 1988
Discusses kindergarten in Finland during the past 100 years. There are over 2,400 kindergartens in Finland, and these attend to over 100,000 children. The kindergartens, which are part of the day care system, use methods based on the teachings of Friedrich Frobel. The general goal of kindergartens is to support the family in bringing up the child…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities
Favero, Philip – Maryland Government Report, 1992
Despite skepticism about the viability of an educational investment strategy for rural development, coordination between education and rural employers may be a key to rural economic growth. Interviews with 101 employers in 6 rural counties surrounding Hagerstown, Maryland, as well as a mail survey (95 of the 101 employers responded), examined…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications
Cunningham, Phyllis; And Others – 1996
The following 11 papers were presented at a symposium on leadership and educational policy studies (LEPS): "Food, Filth, Factory, and Flowers: A Critical Analysis of Ohio's Employability Skills Project" (Nina Dorsch); "Defining and Restructuring Work: Implications for Adult Education" (Georges B. Germain); "The Erosion of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Attitudes
Wheelock, Gerald C.; And Others – 1979
In August of 1978 the Southern Rural Development Center (SRDC) published an annotated bibliography on Education Needs Projection and Rural Development; this synthesis paper follows that bibliography and is intended to relate some of the useful applications derived from the survey of the literature. Five papers are included in the synthesis. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Communications, Community Involvement
Goetz, Kathy, Ed. – Family Resource Coalition Report, 1992
This "special focus" journal issue consists of 13 individual articles on the theme of rural family programs relating to school, health services, church, and other institutions. It includes: (1) "Towards a Rural Family Policy" (Judith K. Chynoweth and Michael D. Campbell); (2) "Montana: Council for Families Collaborates for…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Extension Education, Family Problems
Butterworth, Julian E., Ed. – 1945
This 1945 National Education Association yearbook focuses attention on the post-World War II problems of rural schools and encourages national, state, and local leaders to lay plans for strengthening rural education programs. The articles examine social and economic problems faced by rural Americans, the implications of these problems for rural…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Educational Administration, Educational Development
Baldwin, Barbara, Ed. – Western Wire, 1995
Articles in this theme issue are based on presentations at the Pathways from Poverty Workshop held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on May 18-25, 1995. The event aimed to foster development of a network to address rural poverty issues in the Western Rural Development Center (WRDC) region. Articles report on outcomes from the Pathways from Poverty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capitalism, Change Strategies, Community Development
Youth Studies Abstracts, 1984
These abstracts summarize 73 research projects that were conducted in Australia during 1982 and 1983 to investigate various issues related to youth employment and unemployment. Included among the topics addressed in the individual research projects are the following: economic developments, education and rural communities; employment (changing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Career Education, Cooperative Programs
