ERIC Number: ED420462
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1997-Oct
Pages: 45
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Making Connections, Building Communities. Proceedings of the Annual Rural & Small Schools Conference (19th, Manhattan, Kansas, October 26-27, 1997).
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Rural Education and Small Schools.
This proceedings contains 26 summaries of conference presentations and discussions. Titles and authors are: "Is a Sexual Harassment Policy Enough To Protect Against Liability?" (Camille Barnett); "Recreating the Communities of Our Youth" (Marlyn Benson); "Creating a Language of Ethics in Rural Schooling" (Terry R. Berkeley, Linda P. Thurston); "Leadership for Changing the Small Rural School: The Excitement of School Improvement" (Steven Breckon); "Coloring Outside the Lines" (John K. Burke, Paul Martin); "Elementary Foreign Language Programs: Your Passport to World Class Schools" (David M. Cooper, Charlene White); "Educational Philosophy: Why Schools Fail or Succeed" (Gene L. Davis); "Schools at the Center: One Community's Experience" (T. J. DeTurk, Jerry Hoffman); "'Channeling': The Classroom-Home Connection" (Jolene Evans); "Connecting Science and Special Education through Classroom Assessments" (Kevin D. Finson); "Intensive Block Scheduling" (Tom Foerschler, Pam Eshom, Ann Kocher); "School Technology: A Student's Perspective of the Benefits" (Tad Hernandez); "Counseling for High Skills" (Kenneth Hoyt, Judy Hughey, Kenneth Hughey); "Discovering Place and Community: Bringing Rural Education Home" (Sue Kidd); "What Do Students from Rural and Small Schools Say about Their Preparation for University Study?" (Ray Kurtz, Ron Lantaff, Larry Lysell); "3 R's for At-Risk Student Intervention" (Tim McFarland); "Annenberg Rural Challenge: School Reform and Public Policy" (Paul Nachtigal, Marty Strange); "Inexpensive Technology Solutions for Small School Districts" (Michael Renfro); "Do Rural School Districts Want Character Education?" (Janice Carner Reynolds); "Facility Planning for Technology" (Tweed W. Ross); "Getting Your Community Ready for the Internet" (Tweed W. Ross); "Correcting for the Variables That Confound Accurate Enrollment Projections" (G. Kent Stewart); "Rural School Electronic Consolidation: Better Not Bigger" (Sharon Tatge); "A Study of the Relationship between Enrollment Size and Math Achievement in Kansas School Districts" (Sharon Treaster); "Heritage Day: A School-Community Celebration" (Debbie K. Wedel); and "International Opportunities for Kansas Rural Schools" (Emmett Wright, Mikhail Korenman). (SV)
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Rural Education and Small Schools.
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