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Konstantinov, A. S. – Russian Education and Society, 1995
Asserts that there is an educational crisis in the Arkhangel'sk area of Russia. Summarizes research studies of students and teachers to illustrate low teacher morale, student dissatisfaction, and low pay for all educators. Argues for financial autonomy for educational institutions. (CFR)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Needs
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Cuban, Larry – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1995
Reviews a book about the history of a small rural school in Braxton County, West Virginia. Argues that consolidation and eventual closure of this school resulted from political, economic, social, and cultural forces that failed to recognize the important relationship between the school and the community. Reflects on the reviewer's own previous…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Consolidated Schools, Economic Factors, Educational Change
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Lemke, June Canty – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Addresses the needs of beginning special education teachers in small, rural school districts; describes strategies for recruiting special education teachers in rural areas; describes programs that small and rural school districts can use to orient new teachers to the school and community; and identifies strategies for retaining teachers in rural…
Descriptors: Administrators, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Educational Strategies
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Clouse, R. Wilburn – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1992
Describes a follow-up study that examined results of adopting the Teaching and Learning with Computers approach in a small rural school district. Use of the Jostens Learning Corporation integrated curriculum is explained, and evaluations of Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills results that show changes in scale scores and comparisons with national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Design
Zhelbanova, R. I. – Soviet Education, 1990
Recommends developing programs that involve rural secondary students in the organizational planning and work of collective farms in the USSR. Argues this helps students apply knowledge, develop skills, and sharpen their social focus. Advocates including environmental education to develop students' ecological awareness. Notes experimental schools…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Cooperatives, Environmental Education
Iagofarova, D. S. – Soviet Education, 1990
Considers qualities required of rural teachers in the USSR and implications for teacher education. Reports survey results of 430 rural teachers in the Tatar region concerning what a rural teacher must know and problems specific to rural teaching. Concludes that rural teachers must coordinate teaching with social work and face housing and material…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Brasell, Heather M.; Rowe, Mary Budd – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Examines the influence of two factors of the process of graphing on rural students' (n=93) ability to comprehend kinematics graphs on constant velocity events. Students exhibited difficulty in constructing and comprehending graphs of derived variables and were unaware of their own graphing skills deficiencies. (34 references) (MDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Computer Assisted Instruction, Graphs
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Peters, Frank; Montgomerie, Craig – Canadian Journal of Education, 1998
Educators in four Canadian provinces were surveyed to determine their knowledge of rights in educational matters. There was considerable self-confessed ignorance among the 1,137 respondents, with only 5 of the 14 questions answered correctly by a majority. Differences in responses of rural and urban educators and teachers from denominational and…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Childrens Rights, Civil Rights, Elementary Secondary Education
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Chance, Edward; Cummins, Craig – Rural Educator, 1998
Superintendents of nine Oklahoma school districts that voluntarily consolidated were interviewed to identify successful strategies related to teachers, parents and community, students, support staff, administrators, and board members, and to identify unsuccessful strategies. Assuring that students would benefit, addressing job security, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Consolidated Schools, Educational Change
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Morgan, Carl R.; Demchak, Mary Ann – Rural Educator, 1998
School administrators must provide leadership in implementing inclusive education by taking ownership of inclusive programs; becoming informed; and promoting open communication between parents, teachers, and board members. Strategies for implementing inclusive programs must consider roles of general- and special-education teachers, administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship, Change Strategies, Community Involvement
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Lowery, Sandra; Harris, Sandra – American Secondary Education, 2000
Although research increasingly reports benefits for students attending small schools, curriculum diversity is usually a concern for these schools. This paper describes a successful concurrent program involving a small high school in rural Texas and a nearby community college that stresses individualized instruction and compliance with state…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Credit Courses
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 1998
Describes pilot programs in Appalachian high schools designed to improve math and science instruction through systemic change and higher standards. Strategies include using videoconferencing for professional development, incorporating employers' expectations into curricula, bridging gaps between academic and vocational programs, integrating…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
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Brunn, Michael; Delany-Barmann, Gloria – Rural Educator, 2001
A sudden increase in Hispanic migrant students in a small, rural Illinois school district necessitated pedagogical, curricular, and philosophical changes, particularly with regard to bilingual education. This experience highlighted the importance of bilingual faculty, policies and programs based on sound theory and research, faculty training in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Community Change, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change
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Dror, Yuval – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
Proposes a model for rural education based on the progressive practices of a rural school in Israel in the early 1900s. Desirable characteristics of rural education are organized into four innovative educational models: education for work (including agricultural education); community education; social-ideological education; and curricular autonomy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agricultural Education, Community Education, Educational History
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Van Ert, Heidi; Wolf, Joan S. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1996
A staff development program was designed to train rural Utah teachers in effective strategies for serving gifted and talented students. Teams of facilitators from universities and district offices traveled to rural sites to deliver 3 10-hour teacher workshops. Teachers indicated that the training was beneficial and reported positive results from…
Descriptors: Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Higher Education
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