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Crow, Johnny – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Comparing a small, rural school with sometimes less than 100 students to a massive inner-city school with greater than 2,500 students is crude and untenable. There are simply too many variables. Nonetheless, the No Child Left Behind Act treats these two very different schools the same. When urban and rural schools cannot meet AYP or highly…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Rural Schools, Poverty, Federal Legislation
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1988
Examination of demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia, the four states served by the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL), shows low student population density, endemic poverty, low educational attainment, and a population reluctant to seek outside help. This report reviews the…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education