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Barbour, Michael K. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2007
Over the past two decades, distance education has become a reality of rural schooling in Newfoundland and Labrador. In this article, I provide historical background into the challenges facing rural schools in the province and how distance education was introduced to address that challenge. I also describe how that system of distance education…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Distance Education, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries
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Liu, Mingxing; Murphy, Rachel; Tao, Ran; An, Xuehui – International Journal of Educational Development, 2009
Based on a survey of rural school districts in Western China, this essay explores the effects of fiscal centralisation on the relationship between local governance and school district management, most particularly on how managerial power is distributed in the rural education sector. The essay also examines some of the possible effects that changes…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Incentives, Finance Reform, Educational Finance
Hearn, Norman E. – Small School Forum, 1981
Reviews federal efforts to develop a rural education federal agenda, five basic problems of rural areas which lend themselves to federal solutions, Department of Education proposals for fiscal year 1982, significant federal responses/already in progress, and strengths and advantages of rural schools. (AN)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Government Role, Rural Education
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Stern, Joyce D. – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1992
Introduces this special issue on the construction of a federal policy-impact code for classifying the nation's rural school districts. Despite the diversity in rural areas, rural education issues are somehow unique. The goal is to adequately reflect the impact of government education policies upon rural schooling. (KS)
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Education
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Guiffrida, Douglas A. – Journal of School Counseling, 2008
Results of this review of college student retention research suggest that students from rural communities face additional challenges adjusting to large colleges and universities compared to students from urban and suburban areas. Research that describes the additional challenges faced by rural students while transitioning to large institutions is…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, School Holding Power, Rural Education
Corbett, Michael – Canadian Journal of Education, 2007
This analysis draws on interview data from a three-year study of educational decision making of youth living in a coastal community in Atlantic Canada. Students whose educational and mobility aspirations extend outside the known spaces of the community develop the ability to negotiate multiple social spaces in and out of school. The school- …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Environment, Rural Sociology, Rural Schools
Steinhoff, Carl R.; Owens, Robert G. – 1989
The factors of people, technology, structure, and task provide a sociotechnical model for understanding the essential elements of schools as organizations. Schools can be understood as cultures and managed as such. Effective schools focus on a task-oriented organizational culture that meaningfully involves all participants in the key elements of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Organizational Climate, Rural Education, Rural Schools
ISENBERG, ROBERT M. – 1967
THE GOALS FOR RURAL EDUCATION, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT, AND STATISTICAL DATA ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND FINANCIAL STATUS ARE PRESENTED IN THE MAIN BODY OF THE REPORT. THE APPENDICES INCLUDE--(1) A FINANCIAL STATEMENT, (2) REPORTS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE STATE DIRECTORS, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON RURAL LIFE AND EDUCATION, FROM THE…
Descriptors: Objectives, Professional Associations, Rural Education, Rural Environment
Ahmed, Manzoor – CERES, 1977
Problems and promises associated with nonformal rural education in developing nations are presented. (CP)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Programs, Financial Problems, Illiteracy
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Maxcy, Spencer J. – Journal of General Education, 1979
Traces the historical evolution of the teacherage, initially proposed as a solution to the problem of housing teachers and as a model home for the edification of rural families. Pinpoints the conceptual connection between the teacherage and the parsonage--each linking the institution to the rural community. (CAM)
Descriptors: Clergy, Models, Rural Education, Rural Schools
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Knight, J. Pat; And Others – Educational Forum, 1996
Trinity University education majors visited rural mountain schools in North Carolina, finding evidence that countered their stereotypes of the conditions of, family involvement in, and attitudes about education in rural communities. Ways to improve the educational environment through distance education and reduction of inequities were suggested.…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Improvement, Equal Education, Rural Education
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McConaghy, Cathryn; Lloyd, Linley; Hardy, Joy; Jenkins, Kathy – Education in Rural Australia, 2006
The academic and social achievements of students in rural schools are very uneven and often absenteeism and suspension rates are high. Factors such as globalisation, economic restructuring, unemployment, youth suicide and family trauma, drought and environmental change (see Bourke & Lockie 2001) also impact on rural schooling and add further…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Rural Areas, Beginning Teachers
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Bard, Joe; Gardener, Clark; Wieland, Regi – Rural Educator, 2006
The consolidation of rural schools in the United States has been a controversial topic for policy-makers, school administrators, and rural communities since the 1800s. At issue in the consolidation movement have been concerns of efficiency, economics, student achievement, school size, and community identity. Throughout the history of schooling in…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Consolidated Schools, Declining Enrollment, Academic Achievement
Thompson, Margery – American School Board Journal, 1978
For years rural schools have survived by solving their problems with cooperation, experimentation, and flexibility, the qualities urban and suburban schools are being urged to adopt in confronting their current problems. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Rural Education
Mitchell, Gertrue E. – Principal, 1984
Surveys typical challenges, problems, and rewards facing principals in small rural schools by profiling two principals who administer five schools in northern Vermont. The schools have a combined population of 400 students in grades from kindergarten through eighth grade. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Principals
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