The purpose of this study was to listen to rural students' voices about their present schoolwork and educational plans for the future and discern, via factor analyzing their survey responses, what they view as the most important factors in their academic performance and post-high school plans. The first objective was to access the 2001-2002,…

This study was designed to investigate the extent to which teachers in the Black Belt Region of a southeastern state feel that parents should be involved in curricular decisions, the ways in which they involve parents in the literacy development of their children, and the three most important ways they felt that parents could be involved in order…

This paper offers the author's personal reflections about an event at a research pre-session of the 2003 annual conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) held on April 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The session offered a rare opportunity for the mathematics education community to consider rural issues. In this paper, the…

Using 1970 Census data, rural counties are compared to all U.S. counties by selected personal, education, employment, and income population characteristics. (MS)

Author presents a critical analysis of the Russell Report and believes that to be effective educational objectives must attend to what people want rather than to what it seems they need. (RK)

It is necessary to intensify mass cultural work by the evening and correspondence school in the countryside and to make the school the cultural center for rural workers. (Author)

Discusses problems confronting universal rural education in the secondary grades including a lack of resources, inadequate numbers of schools, limited instructional materials, and teachers with specialized training for rural education programs. (MB)

Proper guidance systems for delivering knowledge "packages" to communities are probably no less important to such an operation than they are for technical operations charged with hardware delivery. Yet, in the human sciences we are plagued with uncertainties about the proper "fit" of design at the receiving end (local or community level).…

Describes the "International Christmas Fair" developed as a part of "Project Explore: Cultural Studies" program in Fairmont, Nebraska, with an ESEA Title IV grant. Shows how a rural school teaches about the Christmas customs of Holland, Sweden, Mexico, Germany, Colonial America, and England. (AH)

Focuses on the University of Alaska's Community College, Rural Education, and Extension Division, which includes 10 community colleges with large service areas and limited financial resources. Cites examples of innovative delivery systems and networks and statewide programs that enhance the availability and coordination of programs in rural areas.…