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Schafft, Kai A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
Despite the significant proportions of rural Americans, schools, and public school students situated in the geographic peripheries of an increasingly urbanizing country, rural education in the United States has consistently occupied both scholarly and policy peripheries. This is to the detriment of rural America, especially to the extent that…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Well Being, Rural Schools, Rural Development
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Sydney (Australia). – 1999
Bush Talks is an initiative of the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission that aims to identify the major human rights issues confronting rural and remote residents, to inform rural Australians about human rights, and to develop projects to advance human rights in rural Australia. This paper summarizes major issues raised by…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Education, Civil Rights, Culturally Relevant Education
James, Richard; Wyn, Johanna; Baldwin, Gabrielle; Hepworth, Gary; McInnis, Craig; Stephanou, Andrew – 1999
The imbalances between the higher education participation of rural and urban Australians are significant and persistent. This study examined the attitudes, goals, and plans of Australian senior high school students via a survey of over 7,000 students in grades 10-12 in three states, complemented by interviews with about 350 students in 20 rural…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, College Attendance, Disadvantaged