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Download full textHeritage Foundation, 2023
Every child deserves the right to attend a school that can best meet his or her individual learning needs. Where the child lives should not be a limiting factor, and no one school is the best fit for every child who just happens to live nearby. Education-choice policies have the potential to expand education options for students in rural areas.…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Choice, Educational Policy, Private Schools
Bedrick, Jason; Ladner, Matthew – Heritage Foundation, 2023
Opponents of education choice often make two arguments about its effect on rural areas: (1) education choice will not help in rural areas because there are few or no alternatives to the district school system; and (2) education choice will destroy the district school system because so many students will leave for alternative options. These two…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Choice, Educational Policy, Private Schools
Peer reviewedThorne Wallington, Elizabeth; Johnson, Adrienne – Educational Considerations, 2022
While rural communities are not monolithic, many have seen recent shifts in demographics from historically homogenous populations to more racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse residents (e.g., Sharp & Lee, 2017; Brenner, 2016). Such shifts can occur very rapidly as new regional economic, social, or political forces emerge and are…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Student Diversity, Rural Areas, Teacher Attitudes
Graham, Suzanne E. – Carsey Institute, 2009
This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and fewer qualified students entering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) job…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Rural Urban Differences, Community Characteristics
Johnston, Howard – Education Partnerships, Inc., 2009
Impoverished populations and schools in rural areas face special challenges that are different from other settings. Among these are the distances from social services, the sparse availability of assistance programs, and the shortage of resources to support educational programs and student learning. Rural schools, do, however, have assets that can…
Descriptors: Social Services, Rural Areas, Educational Change, Rural Schools
Martin, Wayne H. – 1979
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) was designed to measure knowledge, skills, and attitudes of young Americans at various ages in 10 learning areas, and to measure educational attainment over time. Community categories used in NAEP research were High and Low Metro, Urban Fringe, Main Big City, Medium City, Small Places…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Demography, Educational Assessment
