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Direct linkFewell, Connor J.; Hess, Michael E.; Lowery, Charles; Gervason, Madeleine; Ahrendt, Sarah; Giglio, Marija – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2021
This case explores the complexities of how consolidation perpetuates stereotypes among different social classes in a rural Appalachian school setting. Examined are the experiences at the intersection of social class in rural U.S. school districts when two communities--one affluent and one underresourced--are consolidated. We present a nuanced…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Experience, Stereotypes
Haiming, Liu; Gaowa, Naren; Shu, Wang – Chinese Education and Society, 2013
With the advancements of nine years of universal compulsory education, the development of China's basic education has resulted in new demands aimed at improving the overall quality of basic education in rural areas. Closings and consolidation are important measures in this regard. In the process of merging and consolidation, the construction of a…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries, Rural Schools
Qingyang, Guo – Chinese Education and Society, 2013
Based on investigations in six midwestern provinces/autonomous regions, Hubei, Henan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Inner Mongolia, this article analyzes the reasons for problems in the process of consolidating rural schools and their solutions.
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, School Closing, Rural Schools, Foreign Countries
Download full textCook, Katherine M.; Windes, E. E. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
This report is the result of an investigation of the schools of Beaufort County, North Carolina, at the request of the county board of education, for the purpose of studying the possibilities for centralizing the schools of the county and of recommending a definite plan of procedure for school consolidation. No complete investigation of the…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Rural Education, Consolidated Schools, Counties
Briggs, Thomas H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This bulletin discusses secondary education in the United States from the years 1916-1918. The following contents are included: (1) Character of school reports; (2) Growth of high schools; (3) The small high school; (4) Consolidation and coordination; (5) Larger use of the school plant; (6) The high schools and the colleges; (7) Failures and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Small Schools, Consolidated Schools, Coordination
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
This manual is printed primarily to present to educational committees of the State legislatures, educators, legislators, and interested citizens, the essentials of a program of educational legislation, state-wide in scope, based upon the experiences of the various States during the past several decades. A large amount of proposed educational…
Descriptors: Guides, School Organization, School Administration, School Support
Hood, William R. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
Within the two years comprehended in this review, the Congress of the United States has been in almost continuous session and all the states, except Alabama have held meetings of their legislative bodies. Six states, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina hold annual meetings of their legislatures, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Politics of Education
