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Pierson, Ashley; Hanson, Havala – Regional Educational Laboratory Northwest, 2015
This REL Northwest study examined whether rural students at all achievement levels were less likely than their nonrural counterparts to enroll in college and persist to the second year. The researchers analyzed college enrollment patterns and persistence among rural and nonrural Oregon high school students, as well as variations among different…
Descriptors: Enrollment, Academic Persistence, Postsecondary Education, Enrollment Trends
Johnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty – Rural School and Community Trust, 2009
This report is the fifth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the contexts and conditions of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the need for policymakers to address rural education issues in their respective states. While it is the fifth in a series, this report is not simply an updating of data from earlier…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Public Schools, Rural Education, Student Diversity
Johnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty – Rural School and Community Trust, 2007
"Why Rural Matters" is the fourth in a series of biennial reports analyzing the importance of rural education in each of the 50 states and calling attention to the urgency with which policymakers in each state should address rural education issues. The researchers framed this report around five gauges measuring: (1) the importance of…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Population, Educational Objectives, Student Diversity
McKnab, Paul – 1995
This report examines attrition data of Kansas special education personnel employed in the 1993-94 school year who did not return for the 1994-95 year. Fifteen tables display data on: (1) numbers employed, numbers of leavers, and percent of attrition from 1976 to 1994 in each special education category; (2) employment and attrition by level of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns
Valdes, Alberto; Mistiaen, Johan A. – 2003
This report constitutes a step toward designing an integrated strategy for rural poverty reduction in Brazil. The report contains an updated and detailed profile of the rural poor in the northeast and southeast regions of Brazil; identifies key components of rural poverty in those regions; and proposes a five-pronged strategic framework in which…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Education
Beeson, Elizabeth; Strange, Marty – 2003
Nearly one in three of America's school-age children attend public schools in rural areas or small towns, and more than one in six go to school in the very smallest communities. These children, their schools, and their communities matter, and they deserve more consideration than they get in the national debate over education policy. This report…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy
Harbison, Ralph W.; Hanushek, Eric A. – 1992
An 8-year study of academic achievement, student performance, and education costs in rural northeastern Brazil investigated the presumption that students automatically perform better when more school resources are provided. Two main topics were examined: the success of EDURURAL, an educational intervention project in rural Brazil sponsored by the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Online Submission, 2005
In order to achieve the EFA (Education For All) goal agreed by participating nations at the Dakar World Education Forum 2000, The Lao government has undertaken various studies for its "National Plan of Action for Education for All." Lao is an inland mountainous nation with 49 ethnic groups. Such diversity makes the provision of social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Skill Development, Poverty, Economic Factors
Thiessen, Victor; Looker, E. Dianne – 1999
Economic, technological, and social changes occurring around the world have produced incredible challenges for youth, symbolized by persistently high youth unemployment rates despite increasing educational attainments and a shrinking youth population. Chapter 1 of this book provides an overview of the initiatives undertaken by Canada and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship, Experiential Learning
Alberta Advanced Education, 2005
This document reviews Alberta's advanced education system for the period 1997-98 onwards. 1997-98 was selected as the base year because it provides several years worth of data and complements an earlier analysis: "Profile of Alberta's Adult Learning System: A Context for Discussion." In 2005, Alberta's Minister of Advanced Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Adult Education, Educational Finance
Grace, Cathy; Shores, Elizabeth F.; Zaslow, Martha; Brown, Brett; Aufseeser, Dena; Bell, Lynn – National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives - Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute, 2006
This report shows the rural disparities in the baseline data of the Birth and Kindergarten Cohorts of the national Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). The National Center for Rural Early Childhood Learning Initiatives, known as Rural Early Childhood, commissioned Child Trends to perform the analysis of key indicators of child well-being and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Geographic Regions, Young Children, School Readiness