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George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program is the first of two that focus on the topic of school consolidation. In separate segments of the program, a teacher and students drill in a one-room school in Indiana; a long-time rural school teacher…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, One Teacher Schools
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1977
This publication is the complete transcript of a weekly radio program devoted to contemporary issues in American education. This particular program is the second of two that focus on the topic of school consolidation. In separate segments of the program, Wendy Blair and John Merrow of National Public Radio discuss declining school enrollment and…
Descriptors: Building Conversion, Consolidated Schools, Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1986
This document summarizes the deliberations of the Commonwealth Pacific Regional Workshop, which focused on the cost effectiveness of small schools. Advantages of small schools include equity for disadvantaged groups, opportunities for rural development, preservation of cultural traditions, and the potential for educational advantages. One task…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Consolidated Schools, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development
Download full textWhite, Connie; Merrifield, Juliet – 1990
Two workshops on rural education held at Highlander Research and Education Center brought together grassroots community activists, parents, teachers, and students from rural communities in Appalachia, the southeast, and 15 states east of Mississippi. The participants represented the experiences of white Appalachians, African-Americans, Native…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Involvement, Consolidated Schools, Curriculum
Western Montana Coll., Dillon. Montana Rural Education Center. – 1994
This document summarizes presentations and discussions on school consolidation that took place at the 1994 Rural Education Conference held at Western Montana College. The summaries cover the following: (1) a panel discussion on the politics of school consolidation (influences on public opinion, need for balance between state and local control, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Conferences, Consolidated Schools, Educational Change
Rutkowski, Edward, Ed. – Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society, 1986
The papers of this proceedings are presented in 5 parts. In part 1, "Education in Nineteenth Century Europe," the two papers describe the inception of the Ragged School Union in England and the educational opportunities in Naples. The titles are: "The Ragged Schools of Victorian England and Their Contribution to Child…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Children, Compulsory Education, Consolidated Schools
Klees, Sue, Comp.; Jess, James D., Comp. – 1980
PURE's (People United for Rural Education) third national rural education conference focused on the survival of rural education in the 1980's. The conference was divided into 4 general sessions and 15 concurrent sessions. Topics addressed in the general sessions were: projections for rural education in the Midwest; considerations for financing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Community Education, Community Involvement, Consolidated Schools
Jess, James D., Ed. – 1979
The problems, challenges, and opportunities of rural education are the focus of the fourteen speeches and nine workshops presented at the second annual conference on rural education, held February 1-2, 1979, in Des Moines, Iowa. Conference proceedings are presented in this newsletter in transcript or summary form. Speeches cover the topics of…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conference Reports, Consolidated Schools, Educational Administration
Johnson, Pyke; John, Walton C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
This bulletin provides information on the proceedings of the regional conference on education for highway engineering and highway transport that was held at the University of Pittsburgh on November 26, 1920, under the direction of the highway and highway transport education committee. The purpose of this report is: (1) To stimulate greater…
Descriptors: Educational History, Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Transportation
