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Horn, Jerry, Ed.; Davis, Patricia, Ed. – 1985
The proceedings consist of the entire major addresses of Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Steve Miller, and Walter Turner, and abbreviated versions of 29 other papers or presentations. The materials deal with a variety of rural-focused topics: women (Evelyn Hausmann); teacher career ladder plans (Paul Burden); inservice (Robert Norton, Myron…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Cruzeiro, Patricia A.; Morgan, Robert L. – 1999
This paper describes the Entry Year Assistance Program (EYAP), a mentoring program for novice teachers, offered by the School of Education at Chadron State College (Nebraska). The program supports beginning teachers who are geographically isolated in Nebraska's panhandle. A discussion of the theoretical basis for teacher mentoring includes…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Collegiality
Morgan, Robert L.; Madsen, Kim – 1994
Early intervention can enhance the development of disabled infants and toddlers and reduce long-term education costs to society, but rural communities may be unable to provide coordinated early-intervention services that include quality child care. Barriers to rural service delivery include economic, geographic, and human-capital factors. Although…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Development Centers, Cooperative Programs, Day Care

Thurber, Frances E. – Rural Educator, 1997
An art education teacher-educator discusses the strengths and potential of rural education, arising from the sense of community found in small rural schools. Gives six suggestions to art teacher-educators concerning integrating art with other curricula, utilizing technology in art education, ensuring that rural students are afforded equal…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Teachers, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies
Harris, Larry B.; Wingett, Terry J. – 1993
The Nebraska Legislature has mandated that each school district in the state develop a multicultural program for incorporation into all phases of the curriculum, kindergarten through grade 12. In Northeast Nebraska, the Division of Education at Wayne State College has accepted the charge to be a leader in providing impetus for the inclusion of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Global Approach
Cordier, Mary Hurlbut – 1992
This book depicts the lives of women who taught school in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the prairies and plains of Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. The book is based on the narratives, letters, and diaries of 96 schoolwomen and on interviews with living pioneers, memoirs, school reports, photographs, and other documents. Part 1 includes…
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Practices