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Don't Make Our Families Choose between Food and Internet: Administrator and Teacher Perceptions on How the Lack of Access to Broadband Connection for Families Has Impacted Student Performance
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Alicia Shaw; Annete Hux; Robert Williams; Jackie Mcbride; Leeann Oros; Jacob Manlove; Mary Jane Bradley; Joan Henley – International Journal on E-Learning, 2023
This study examined the perceptions of administrators and teachers to determine how the lack of broadband access has impacted decisions on virtual learning and the subsequent impact on student learning. The participants in the study were administrators and teachers from school districts that serve a low-income population (as determined by USDA…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Internet, Electronic Learning
Rural Profile of Arkansas: A Look at Economic & Social Trends Affecting Rural Arkansas.
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, Cooperative Extension Service. – 1990
This booklet profiles key economic and social features of rural Arkansas. Data are drawn from reports by the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and Arkansas state agencies. About half of Arkansas' people live in rural areas, and most of these live in open country (not incorporated areas) and are completely dependent on county…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Employment Statistics, Population Trends
BARRIERS TO COLLEGE ATTENDANCE.
ANDREW, DEAN C.; STROUP, FRANCIS – 1959
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY WERE TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE-ABILITY HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN ARKANSAS WHO DO NOT CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, AND TO WHAT EXTENT RURAL-URBAN BACKGROUNDS, SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, AND INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONS ARE RELATED TO STUDENTS' EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL PLANS. THE STUDENTS GRADUATING IN 1957 WHO ACHIEVED A…
Descriptors: College Attendance, College Planning, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation
Rural Profile of Arkansas, 1993: A Look at Economic & Social Trends Affecting Rural Arkansas.
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Arkansas Rural Development Commission, Little Rock. Office of Rural Advocacy. – 1993
This publication presents indicators of social and economic conditions in Arkansas highlighting urban and rural differences. Initial information includes a discussion of the definition of "rural" and a display of classification schemes used to describe the regions of Arkansas. The remainder of the document contains data for 1990, state…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Economic Status, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Child Care Issues Impacting Welfare Reform in the Rural South.
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Ghazvini, Alisa S.; Mullis, Ann K.; Mullis, Ronald L.; Park, Jennifer J. – SRDC Information Brief: A Special Series on Welfare Reform in the South, 1999
Access to affordable, quality child care is a major barrier to successful employment for many families. About one-fifth of families return to welfare within a few months of leaving, with lack of accessible child care and transportation being the most frequently cited reasons. These issues are likely to be compounded in the rural South. Information…
Descriptors: Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents
Mary Holmes College Research Project on Rural Blacks. Research Monograph.
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Davis, Marcheta Z., Ed. – 1973
This document reports on a conference, concerning rural blacks in four Southern states, that has as its theme the definition of the problem and research priorities relating to the development of a sense of community. A section on formal presentations includes topics such as democracy, economic progress, and research in the southern region, the…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Culture, Black Influences, Blacks