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Direct linkHargreaves, Linda M. – International Journal of Educational Research, 2009
This paper reviews 25 years of research on small rural schools in England, in a period of unprecedented educational reform, and shift in government policy on small schools from persistent threat of closure through a period of a centrally funded "presumption against closure" in the early 2000s. It notes a dearth of funded or peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Small Schools, Rural Schools, Educational Change
Crichton, Susan; Kinsel, Ellen – Education Canada, 2000
A rural British Columbia K-12 school facing closure due to declining population implemented intentional learning, student-directed learning, and learning groups as core units for developing communities of learners. A computer-managed learning system and online scheduling enables delivery of a full range of courses despite decreases in teaching…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Download full textMulcahy, Dennis M. – 1997
On September 10, 1996, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) announced that public consultation on education reform would begin on September 16. Just prior to the first hearing, the government circulated a document entitled "Structuring the Education System: A Public Consultation Paper for Educational Change in Newfoundland and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Attitudes, Community Schools, Educational Change
Cole, Robert – 1989
This ERIC digest presents an overview of small-scale schooling in an international context; examines demographic data, staffing problems, and incentives used in other nations; and points out the distinctive characteristics and unique value and potential of small schools in both industrialized and developing nations. Rural school populations remain…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Howley, Craig B., Ed.; Eckman, John M., Ed. – 1997
This book aims to help parents, community members, and educators find resources, design school options, and take action together to improve small rural schools in ways that meet community and student needs. Chapter 1 discusses the virtues of smallness, outlines basic assumptions about the role and nature of good education, examines the…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Educational Change
Galton, Maurice; Hargreaves, Linda – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Because of increased demands for curriculum expertise and constricted funding, many small rural elementary schools in the United Kingdom have created consortia, allowing groups of schools to share resources and facilities and cooperatively plan for meeting educational standards. Describes cluster development and concludes that loss of school…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Curriculum Development
