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Reeder, Richard J. – Rural America, 2001
Changes in federal policy affecting rural development in economically distressed areas in 2001 include new markets initiatives, establishment of the (Mississippi River) Delta Regional Authority, and increased infrastructure funding. Infrastructure priorities include highway construction, airport improvements, public works grants, rural…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Facilities Improvement, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Hodgkinson, Harold; Obarakpor, Anita Massey – 1994
This report summarizes demographic information about rural populations in the United States and discusses a variety of issues that are relevant to rural youth poverty. Although recent poverty rates for rural areas were higher than urban poverty rates, the media and political forces have almost completely neglected the rural poor. Extensive census…
Descriptors: Demography, Early Childhood Education, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education
Marion, Robert L. – 1979
Rural education in the Southern United States is discussed in sections on the social and economic role of education, problems in Southern rural society, the importance of material resources, and concluding recommendations. Education is perceived as: improving the quality of recipients' lives; providing a ranking system which fits children into the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Apathy, Black Education
