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Schafft, Kai A. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2016
Despite the significant proportions of rural Americans, schools, and public school students situated in the geographic peripheries of an increasingly urbanizing country, rural education in the United States has consistently occupied both scholarly and policy peripheries. This is to the detriment of rural America, especially to the extent that…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Well Being, Rural Schools, Rural Development
Economic Development Administration (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1988
This short annotated bibliography is intended for use by policymakers in states and communities that are concerned with linking education and economic development in rural areas. It contains references to selected publications and resource materials (including audiovisuals) prepared with federal funds. The bibliography is divided into the…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Areas, Rural Development
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Mulkey, David – Rural Educator, 1992
Examines the potential role of the rural school within the context of community development. Clarifies the differences between community growth and community development, and between community development and economic development. Rural community development is a process of developing the capacity of rural residents to identify common interests…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Role of Education
Howley, Craig B. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Compares and contrasts two economic views, political economy and neoclassical economics, as they pertain to the development of human capital and education in rural areas. The concluding discussion draws implications for rural educators. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital, Labor Market
DeYoung, Alan J.; McKenzie, Roberta C. – 1989
The role of schooling in the economic development process has been targeted as essential in both human capital theory and modernization theories. Research into the nature of underdevelopment in Central Appalachia has provided a basis for debate among regional scholars as to its causes and consequences, yet serious discussion of pre-modern…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital
Hutto, Nelson Nora; Cooper, Lloyd – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Surveyed 134 small rural school administrators in New Mexico, west Texas, eastern Arizona, and southern California to determine their perception of education's role in economic development. Data suggest that most school districts place comparatively little emphasis on economic development. Offers strategies for communities to engage in active…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Role of Education
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Jickling, Bob – Canadian Journal of Education, 1994
The incompatibility between educating for "sustainable development" and the broader concept of education is discussed, pointing out the imprecision of the term "sustainable development." Alternative, and more educationally justifiable, approaches to studying environmental education and development are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Policy
Han, Dongping – 2000
China's official history maintains that the radical egalitarianism of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) led to economic disaster. This book challenges that view. Drawing on local interviews and records in rural Jimo County, Shandong Province, this study contends that the Cultural Revolution's political convulsions democratized village political…
Descriptors: Communism, Economic Development, Educational Change, Educational Development
Henry, Mark; Barkley, David; Li, Haizhen – 2003
Investigations of the linkages between improved schools and local economic development are rare. This paper considers several models that introduce human capital as a potential source of economic growth in the rural South. Results from various econometric models indicate that across the South, county per capita income growth rates from 1970 to…
Descriptors: Counties, Economic Development, Economics of Education, Educational Attainment
Baldwin, Fred D. – Appalachia, 2003
Building strong ties between Appalachian schools and communities was the topic of the Appalachian Regional Commission's October 2002 annual conference (Maryville, Tennessee). Main speakers focused on maintaining a long-term perspective on investments in education, creating rural "places of opportunity" that can retain educated people,…
Descriptors: Conferences, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Gibson, Robert – Rural Electrification, 1991
Describes problems in rural education and highlights reform programs in rural schools. Many reform programs combine school improvement with rural economic development. Barriers to reform include the One Best System Model and consolidation. Local control of schools is a key to successful reform. (KS)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Consolidated Schools, Economic Development, Educational Change
Killian, Molly S.; Parker, Timothy S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1991
Analysis of effects of local educational levels on employment growth found that growth benefits of higher schooling levels during the 1970s were 14 times greater for metro than nonmetro commuting zones. During the 1980s, higher education levels did not significantly affect employment growth in metro or nonmetro zones; higher dropout rates were…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Dropout Rate, Economic Development, Educational Attainment
Appalachia, 1995
The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is a regional economic development agency representing a unique partnership of federal, state, and local governments. Established by an act of Congress in 1965, the Commission is composed of the governors of the 13 Appalachian states and a federal co-chairperson. Grassroots participation is provided by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Economic Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Willems, Harry – 1994
American rural communities are decaying, the underlying causes being chronic unemployment and inadequate infrastructure. The information age can cause the ultimate demise of rural America by further eroding local institutions or it can be its savior by revitalizing the sense of community. The link between community development and the information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Development, Community Information Services, Decentralization
Xu, Shunsong – 1991
This case study examines the interaction between basic education (primary education, adult literacy, and nonformal adult education) and economic development needs in rural Zhuji County, Zhejiang Province, located in southeast China. In Zhuji, parents traditionally have endured hardships to send their children to school and otherwise encouraged…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
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