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Johnston, Robert C. – Education Week, 1998
At Midway High School (Kansas) and other small schools of the Midwest and West, eight-man football is the biggest show in town, allowing participation by many students and rousing community support for the school. Supporters say the teams are essential to school and community identity. In Kansas, however, special state funding that keeps small…
Descriptors: Football, High Schools, Institutional Survival, Rural Schools