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Direct linkCronin, Joseph M. – School Administrator, 2010
Several New England states have been rethinking the system whereby small towns make the key decisions about school budgets and staffing under the banner of local control. Maine already has mandated a reduction in the number of local school districts from 290 to 80, allowing localities to vote on the larger districts. This consolidation, unpopular…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, School District Reorganization, Rural Areas, Case Studies
Thomas, Oliver – School Administrator, 2009
Imagine a K-8 school in a remote corner of southern Appalachia with a student body that once qualified for 100 percent coverage of free and reduced school meals. Imagine a school budget far below the state and national averages and a well-worn building that has been in use for a half-century. This is the reality of Grassy Fork School in Cocke…
Descriptors: Time Blocks, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement
Carr, Patrick J.; Kefalas, Maria J. – School Administrator, 2010
Things are not going so well in small-town America. While the so-called "Great Recession" of the moment has focused considerable attention on the travails of Main Street and Middle America, the truth is that the troubles that plague such places have been a long time in the making. For the past 30 years, nonmetropolitan counties and the…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Municipalities, Brain Drain, Young Adults
Field, Rebecca Freeman – School Administrator, 2008
English language learners (ELLs) are the fastest growing segment of the K-12 student population in the United States, and they are settling in areas that have never before seen such diversity. This article discusses how rural and suburban districts across the United States are moving to keep pace with their rapidly growing English language learner…
Descriptors: Immersion Programs, Rural Areas, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
Kellogg, Robert C. – School Administrator, 2004
Rural school districts across the country have seen a serious loss of employment opportunities for families in their communities. Even when jobs exist, they are often low-level service jobs that do not provide wages that encourage young people to grow roots. When good jobs are available, often those jobs are outsourced to other low-wage areas,…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Employment Opportunities, Cooperative Planning, Rural Schools
Beem, Kate – School Administrator, 2006
Dual superintendency is a popular tack in rural America for the preservation of proud communities. The job is not for someone who wants to coast. There are two budgets to develop and monitor, two school boards, two sets of priorities. Keeping everyone in two school districts satisfied is more than a full-time occupation. Other school communities…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Administrator Responsibility, Superintendents
