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Books on: rural school

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West Haven: Classroom Culture and Society in a Rural Elementary School

Book by Norris Brock Johnson; University of North Carolina Press, 1985

Subjects:

Education, Elementary--United States--Case Studies, Education, Rural--United States--Case Studies, Elementary School Environment--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the portals of West Haven Elementary School 1985 The University of North Carolina...classroom culture and society in a rural elementary school.Bibliography: p.Includes index. 1. Education, Rural-- United States--Case studies...
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Call School: Rural Education in the Midwest to 1918

Book by Paul Theobald; Southern Illinois University Press, 1995

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Education, Rural--Middle West--History--19th Century, Education, Rural--Middle West--History--20th Century

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...after 9 oclock and commenced school with 7 scholars." 9 If conditions were right, school was called at 9:00 A.M...attending midwestern country schools ranged widely. Toddlers aged...three years might walk along to school with grown men aged twenty-five years. Rural Indiana teacher Julia Merrill...
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Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School

Book by Thomas Hardy; Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1896

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Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE A RURAL PAINTING OF THE DUTCH SCHOOL BY THOMAS HARDY AUTHOR OF "TESS OF THE DURBERVILLES." "LIFES LITTLE IRONIES," ETC. NEW YORK HARPER BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE
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Education in Rural Communities

Book by Nelson B. Henry; University of Chicago Press, 1952

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Rural Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...development of rural-school pupils, 51...of, in a small rural community, 85 - 86 High schools in rural areas...to purposes of rural schools, 260 Michigan plan of school reorganization...Mobilized services for rural schools through office...
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A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920

Book by William A. Link; University of North Carolina Press, 1986

Subjects:

Community And School--Virginia--History--19th Century, Community And School--Virginia--History--20th Century, Education, Rural--Virginia--History--19th Century, Education, Rural--Virginia--History--20th Century, Rural Schools--Virginia--History--19th Century, Rural Schools--Virginia--History--20th Century, Virginia--Rural Conditions

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the 1890s: rural schools, which educated...national examples of rural school reform. Many of...fundamental changes in school administration...urban model to a rural setting involved...challenge in city schools lay in organizing...model of rural school reform, which...organization to rural schools, appeared in the...

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Journal Articles on: rural school

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Rural Schools and the Highly Qualified Teacher Provision of No Child Left Behind: a Critical Policy Analysis

Journal article by Karen Eppley; Journal of Research in Rural Education (Online), Vol. 24, 2009

Subjects:

Children & youth, Community, Learning, No Child Left Behind Act 2001-US, Research & development--R&D, Rural schools, Students, Teachers, Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Department of Educations Small Rural Schools Achievement program (Rural School and Community Trust, 2004). It gave...flexibility-eligible Small Rural School Achievement Schools" (Rural School and Community Trust, 2004, p. 3...
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The Rural Context and Secondary School Enrollment: an Ecological Systems Approach

Journal article by Mary Ann Demi, Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Anastasia R. Snyder; Journal of Research in Rural Education (Online), Vol. 25, 2010

Subjects:

Academic achievement, Climate, Education, Influence, Rural areas, Rural schools, School districts, Students, System theory

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...who have attended rural high schools. The process of how family, school and individual...issues may influence rural youths post-secondary school enrollment differently...Influence of Families, Schools, and Self In this...post-secondary school attainment for rural youth. The overall purpose of schools is to promote academic...
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Characteristics of Effective Rural Elementary Schools for Students with Disabilities

Journal article by Katherine M. Nagle, Glenda Hernandez, Sandra Embler, Margaret J. McLaughlin, Frances Doh; Rural Special Education Quarterly, Vol. 25, 2006

Subjects:

Delaware, Disabled students, Elementary school students, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rural schools, Special education, Special education teachers, Teachers

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...percent of U.S. school children attending schools in rural areas (Beeson...characteristics into school improvement planning...Accountability Reform and Rural Schools Approximately 65...section we identify school level characteristics...across participating rural elementary schools that emerged from...
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The Small Rural School Principalship: Key Challenges and Cross-school Responses

Journal article by Karen Starr, Simone White; Journal of Research in Rural Education (Online), Vol. 23, 2008

Subjects:

Corporate management, Data collection, Education, Government agencies, Grounded theory, Reforms, Research, Resource allocation, Rural schools, School councils, School effectiveness, School principals, Social services, State government, Theory

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The Small Rural School Principalship A...principals of small rural schools and their metropolitan...numbers on small rural schools: Youre concerned...survival. The school is an asset in...rurality. Small rural schools are enhanced by...attendant shared school-community leadership...
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Career Changers as First-year Teachers in Rural Schools

Journal article by Sara Winstead Fry, Holly Anderson; Journal of Research in Rural Education (Online), Vol. 26, 2011

Subjects:

Beginning teachers, Rural areas, Rural schools, Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...emerge within the schools, the nature of...interconnectedness" of rural school and rural community...pragmatic analyses of school culture, including...social dynamics of rural schools, and emphasize...cultures, both of school and community...challenging in rural schools, where the inevitable...

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Magazine Articles on: rural school

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Tapping the Potential of Service Agencies: New Demands Bring New Relationships among Rural School Systems and Intermediate Districts

Magazine article by Hobart L. Harmon; School Administrator, Vol. 63, March 2006

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Boards of education--Aims and objectives, Boards of education--Alliances and partnerships, Boards of education--Government finance, Community service--Alliances and partnerships, Community services--Alliances and partnerships, Education, Rural--Aims and objectives, Education, Rural--Alliances and partnerships, Education, Rural--Government finance, Rural education--Aims and objectives, Rural education--Alliances and partnerships, Rural education--Government finance, School boards--Aims and objectives, School boards--Alliances and partnerships, School boards--Government finance

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...High School Reform Rural school districts interested in reforming their high schools may find educational...consolidated countywide rural high schools may need to create a...is in poverty. Seven school districts and the Kentucky...
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Mergers, Annexations, Dissolutions: Whatever It's Called, School District Consolidation Can Try Superintendents' Souls and Test the Limits of Rural Community Pride

Magazine article by Alexander Russo; School Administrator, Vol. 63, March 2006

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Boards of education--Finance, Boards of education--Management, Boards of education--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Education, Rural--Management, Rural education--Management, School boards--Finance, School boards--Management, School boards--Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, School superintendents--Human resource management, School superintendents--Public relations

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...policy director for the Rural School and Community...legislators get involved in a school funding debate, almost...more money into these schools, were going to make...efficiently," Strange says. Schools Follow To rural school advocates like Strange...
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Rural Schools, Long Overlooked, Gain Elusive Victory

Magazine article by Jordan Cross; School Administrator, Vol. 58, March 2001

Subjects:

Education law--Planning, Education, Rural--Evaluation, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Referendum--Planning, Rural schools--Management, School superintendents--Attitudes, Social policy--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

Rural Schools, Long Overlooked...the state of their rural school systems. The reauthorization...students educated in rural areas who do not resemble...characterization of modern public schools. Nearly one third of the nations school districts enroll fewer...
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What I Might Have Said: Rural Education and Globalization

Magazine article by Mike Corbett; Our Schools, Our Selves, Vol. 16, Fall 2006

Subjects:

Belief & doubt, Curricula, Education policy, Globalization, Nova Scotia Canada, Rural schools, Standardized tests

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...emphasis in original) The rural school problem revisited Recently...lead a session for secondary school principals dealing with rural schools and the challenges they face...approach to questions around rural schooling. I was not surprised...
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Rural Districts Finally Reap Federal Favor

Magazine article by Mary Kusler; School Administrator, Vol. 59, September 2002

Subjects:

Rural schools--Finance, Students--Finance

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...locating three different school district numbers required...as most of the small, rural districts will have those...Districts eligible for the Rural and Low Income Schools Program should see details...agencies by the start of the school year. Because dollars...claiming the needs of rural education were met in...

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Newspaper Articles on: rural school

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Day the Rural Schools Fought Back

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), February 2, 2012

Subjects:

Schools--Ireland, Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...that when the next school year starts, small, mainly rural schools will need to boost...five of the six schools in the area will...democratic, anti-rural, anti-west of...four-teacher school merged with another small school six years ago...possible for many rural schools. Miss Ni Liathain...
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Scottish Children Do Best at Rural Schools; MINISTERS UNDER FIRE FOR PRESIDING OVER SHUTDOWNS

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 15, 2006

Subjects:

Children, Education grants, Schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ethnic background and school location. There were...shutting successful rural schools in favour of urban superschools...of or against rural school closures. But councils...becausefalling rollsmean schools are not viable. Many rural primaries now run after- school clubs to enhance their...
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Are Small Rural Schools as Wonderful as We Believe?

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 28, 2007

Subjects:

School buildings

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Are Small Rural Schools as Wonderful as...in Wales expect school closures to be...consequence of rural depopulation...likely result. School sizes are now falling...as our primary schools particularly lose...children - the school is literally making...hands in small, rural schools rather than in...
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We'll Save Rural Schools Say Tories

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 14, 2007

Subjects:

Political parties--United Kingdom, Schools--United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Well Save Rural Schools Say Tories. Byline: STUART...pounds sterling5million rural schools support fund, so that no rural school closes against the wishes of...trusts will also be extended to rural areas, with the promise of more...
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Parents Celebrating as Four Rural Schools Saved; Mothball Process Will Be Axed for Unviable Schools

Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), September 14, 2010

Subjects:

Schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...capnews.com.au FOUR rural Central Queensland schools...letters of support, all schools on the original list...bar the Peek-a-Doo school, which had two students...burden from parents and schools to prove viabilitya...Association of State School Principals and a special...efforts to keep the 14 schools open. Mr Wilson said...new process. See the Rural Weekly CQ this Friday...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: rural school

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Folk High School

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...25 years of age) of rural Denmark, to foster patriotism...training. The first school, established in Schleswig...momentum, and numerous schools were established, with...on the civic life of rural Denmark and helped to...societies. The folk school idea spread throughout...
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Long, Huey Pierce

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...state-owned hospitals, and the extension of the school system into remote rural regions. He also increased the taxes of large Louisiana...Louisiana State University (1941) and its law school (1942), he served (1948 87) as U.S. senator...
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Home Economics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cooking and sewing in the public schools was coincident with manual...work is carried on in many rural localities. The Smith-Hughes...of 1917 instituted secondary school vocational education in home...taught mainly at the secondary school level, more commonly in rural than in urban areas. The International...
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Agriculture, United States Department Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...related to food production and rural life. The departments principal...aid such as Food Stamps and school meal supplements, the promotion...at favorable rates, and its Rural Development division includes the Rural Utilities Service, which extends...
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American Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...cent. witnessed development of the first school of American landscape painting. Thomas Doughty and Thomas Cole led the Hudson River school , which was continued by Asher B. Durand...Morris Hunt , the influence of the Barbizon school was brought to America. Although French...

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