Surveys returned by 11 teachers of the hearing impaired in rural areas of Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma were analyzed. Concerns included the wide age range of student caseloads, geographic isolation, too many roles to perform, teacher burnout, and isolation within the educational system. The survey is appended. (DB)

Examined perceptions of 75 rural principals, 75 superintendents, 75 school board presidents, and 75 teachers of competencies for which the rural secondary school principal should be held responsible. Subjects completed a 60-item questionnaire categorized into 12 general areas. Differences between perceptions and what actually exist were also…

A survey of 292 rural Oklahoma teachers and administrators examined the implementation and impact of reforms mandated by the Oklahoma Education Reform Act (1990): actual changes in their school district and in rural districts statewide; personal and professional impact of the reforms; which reforms were having the most impact; impact on daily…

To determine perceptions of school board members, teachers, and principals in rural schools about the quality of their educational programs, the type of preparation they had received in preservice programs, and the inservice opportunities available to them, responses to questionnaires from 2,028 teachers, 119 principals, and 113 school board…