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Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Rural Education and Small Schools. – 1997
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);…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
National Rural Education Association, Fort Collins, CO. – 1997
This proceedings contains 18 papers and presentations from the annual conference of the National Rural Education Association. The contents include: (1) "Strategies for Improving Math and Science Achievement in Rural Appalachia" (Hobart Harmon, Roy Blanton); (2) "Reform in One Community: Factors in Establishing a Firm Foundation" (Bernadette…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Rural Education and Small Schools. – 2000
This proceedings contains 25 presentations and summaries of presentations from the 22nd annual Rural and Small Schools Conference held at Kansas State University. Entries of three or more pages are: "Technical Education for Rural Kansas" (Ralph Beacham); "Galactic Explosion at Cool School" (summer science program) (Sue…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Educational Strategies
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Center for Rural Education and Small Schools. – 1996
This proceedings contains abstracts of 21 presentations. Titles and presenters are: "Teaching and Learning in Multiage Classrooms" (Laura Blevins and others); "Leadership, School Reform and the Rural School Superintendent" (Mike Boone); "Teaching English as a Second Language from Theory to Practice" (Mingsheng Dai); "A Guide for Central Office…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Educational Change, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Parmley, Fran, Ed. – 1987
This collection of conference papers covers various aspects of rural education in changing times. The conference focused on changes and innovations in rural education and on reasons why rural educators can be optimistic. The proceedings report includes brief papers and workshop summaries on topics ranging from rural public relations to…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies
Multnomah County Education Service District, Portland, OR. – 1980
Ideas discussed at the 1980 National Conference on Rural/Regional Educational Programs held in Portland, Oregon are presented in this Conference Reporter. Following a summary of executive committee activities and speeches concerning the future of rural/regional education and stressing the need for educators to assume leadership in rural education,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Agency Cooperation, Educational Principles, Educational Strategies
Horn, Jerry, Ed.; Davis, Patricia, Ed. – 1984
The 1983 joint meeting, attended by approximately 450 administrators, school board members, teachers, state legislators, parents, and other interested persons, was the location for the United States Department of Education's announcement of a national policy on rural education. The proceedings contain texts of the 5 major conference addresses,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Educational Strategies
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1985
Key points of presentations are captured in this report of a conference which addressed issues of concern to educators in Alaska's small schools. A total of 119 presentations are briefly summarized. Contents are organized under five headings: effective leadership strategies, curriculum and instruction, computers and telecommunication, assessment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Curriculum Development
Horn, Jerry, Ed.; Parmley, Fran, Ed. – 1986
This collection of 5 major papers and 32 abstracts covers a range of issues surrounding rural education. In the first paper, Glen Shaw, a rural Minnesota schools administrator, contends economic and technological changes have threatened rural jobs and the rural way of life. Anecdotes and statistics are employed to define rural problems and to urge…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Armenoff, Thomas C., Ed.; Horn, Jerry G., Ed. – 1982
The 1982 proceedings of the joint meeting of the Fourth Annual Kansas State University Rural and Small Schools Conference and the Kansas Community Education Association Conference contain texts of 33 papers with separate bibliographies, plus the conference agenda. Topics most discussed are curriculum development/planning, computers and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Community Development, Curriculum Development, Declining Enrollment