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Download full textDewees, Sarah – 1999
This digest examines the problem of upgrading rural school facilities, focusing on specific rural issues, conditions that interfere with teaching and learning, and new funding approaches. Almost half of U.S. public schools are in rural areas and small towns. Close rural school-community relationships may make it easier to make decisions,…
Descriptors: Building Obsolescence, Construction Needs, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Facilities Improvement
Howley, Craig – 1996
Recent national reports reinforce the growing perception that small schools are good schools. This may seem a revolution or the latest fad in schooling; however, issues of size cannot be captured in universal guidelines. This digest discusses the history of school size dilemmas to demonstrate why this is so. The earliest research literature on…
Descriptors: Educational History, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, House Plan
Huang, Gary G. – 1999
Drawing information from federal statistical sources, this digest summarizes recent changes in rural demographic and economic conditions relevant to rural school systems. Since the early 1990s, the U.S. economy has been strong, and rural areas have been growing at the same rate or faster than the nation's economic pace. Benefiting from the steady…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Immigrants, Income
Vissing, Yvonne M. – 1999
Despite stereotypes to the contrary, homelessness is as prevalent in rural as urban areas. This digest examines the implications of homelessness for rural children and youth and discusses possible actions by rural educators. An estimated half of the rural homeless are families with children. Compared to urban counterparts, rural homeless families…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Lee, Jaekyung – 2001
This digest reviews research on the status of rural student achievement and schooling conditions and describes variations across the nation and the states. Between 1992 and 1996, rural students began to outperform nonrural students on the 8th-grade mathematics assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Despite this aggregate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Popp, Patricia A.; Stronge, James H.; Hindman, Jennifer L. – 2003
This handbook synthesizes research on the education of various subpopulations of students who tend to be highly mobile and explores common characteristics and significant differences. It provides a comprehensive array of resources for teachers and schools. Part 1, "Defining Highly Mobile Children and Youth," includes: (1) "Students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Classroom Techniques, Educational Legislation
