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Peer reviewedMatranga, Myrna; And Others – Rural Educator, 1995
Fifteen rural school superintendents surveyed in Nevada believed that raising licensing requirements would only exacerbate problems in recruiting qualified substitute teachers. They also noted that rural school districts do little to recruit substitute teachers beyond newspaper advertisements. Offers suggestions for improving recruitment while…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Education, Rural Schools
Peer reviewedCheney, Christine O.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
Project NETWORC (Nevada Educational Television Working Out in Rural Communities) is presented as a model for ensuring effective preparation of rural special education teachers by delivering university courses to individuals already working in rural communities. Four courses are offered, each having a video segment, audioteleconferencing segment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Distance Education
Nevada State Dept. of Human Resources, Sparks. – 1990
The goal of Project NETWORC was to develop a cost-effective model for providing preservice and inservice training in rural areas to individuals interested in working, or already working, with young children with special needs. In cooperation with the department of Instructional Media Services of the University of Nevada, Reno, the project…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum, Disabilities, Distance Education
Download full textHorner, Mary P., Comp. – 1992
This statistical report describes the successes and shortcomings of education in Nevada and compares some statistics concerning education in Nevada to national norms. The report, which provides a comprehensive array of information helpful to policy makers and citizens, is divided into three sections. The first section presents statistics about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Rate, Early Parenthood, Educational Needs
Scott, Robert J. – Information from the National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, 1984
Isolated by distance and geographic barriers from population centers, services, current information, and opportunities, 15 of Nevada's 17 school districts are not simply rural, but are remote. Servicing districts that average fewer than 2 people per square mile, 21 elementary schools have only 1 teacher. Sixteen high schools have enrollments of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Curriculum, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
Rankin, Dorothy, Ed. – 1981
As late as 1938 there were 200,000 one-room schools scattered throughout the United States. By 1978 there were little more than 1,000 in operation. Primary-source research on rural education has now been conducted by 23 researchers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, sponsored by the Mountain…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Centers, Community Schools, Cultural Background
