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Herzog, Mary Jean Ronan; Pittman, Robert B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Discusses certain educational, demographic, and economic trends challenging rural education and summarizes Rural Attitude Survey results. Despite consolidation efforts, rural schools are poorer and smaller than nonrural schools. Despite their marginalization by the dominant culture, rural communities have precisely the qualities valued by critics…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Demography, Economic Factors, Educational Change
