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Download full textStrange, Marty; Johnson, Jerry; Showalter, Daniel; Klein, Robert – Rural School and Community Trust, 2012
"Why Rural Matters 2011-12" is the sixth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the sixth in a series, this report is not simply an…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Educational Policy, Annual Reports
Johnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty – Rural School and Community Trust, 2009
This report is the fifth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the fifth in a series, this report is not simply an updating of data from earlier…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Public Schools, Rural Education, Student Diversity
Johnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty – Rural School and Community Trust, 2007
"Why Rural Matters" is the fourth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address rural education issues. The researchers framed this report around five gauges measuring: (1) the importance of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Population, Educational Objectives, Student Diversity
Beeson, Elizabeth; Strange, Marty – 2000
This study describes the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states, and suggests the urgency with which state policymakers should address the needs of rural schools and communities. The study compared states on two gauges of concern for their rural schools and communities. The rural importance gauge examines how important it is to the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Beeson, Elizabeth; Strange, Marty – 2003
Nearly one in three of America's school-age children attend public schools in rural areas or small towns, and more than one in six go to school in the very smallest communities. These children, their schools, and their communities matter, and they deserve more consideration than they get in the national debate over education policy. This report…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy
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Direct linkBeeson, Elizabeth; Strange, Marty – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 2000
Using standard data sources, information is presented for each state on the importance of rural education to the state's overall educational performance and the urgency for state policymakers to develop explicit rural education policies. The 8 importance and 11 urgency indicators for each state are presented in table and graph form, and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
