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Peer reviewedUerling, Donald F. – Rural Educator, 1986
Examined relationship between 1983-84 Nebraska high school enrollments and program breadth and junior-senior high school enrollments and teacher endorsement rates. Concluded rural district reorganization/consolidation resulting in larger secondary grade enrollments would probably result in more course offerings but would not affect percentage of…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Courses, Enrollment, Rural Education
Peer reviewedWieland, Regi Leann – Rural Educator, 2001
Interviews with adult residents and high school students in two rural Kansas communities that had consolidated their high schools found that adults in the community that lost its high school had more negative reactions and feelings of loss than adults in the community that retained its high school. Student reactions were generally positive.…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Involvement, Community Surveys, Consolidated Schools
Peer reviewedBryant, Miles – Rural Educator, 2002
Rural school district reorganization and school consolidation are put into perspective by reviewing the large population increases that fueled small-school growth in the Great Plains, 1870-1930. Since the Dust Bowl and Great Depression, population losses, improvements in transportation, and arguments advocating economies of scale and increased…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, One Teacher Schools
Peer reviewedAlspaugh, John – Rural Educator, 1995
Small rural school districts in Missouri with low pupil/teacher ratios generate a small amount of revenue per teacher, pay low teacher salaries, and draw a large amount of salary supplement money per teacher. Suggests that districts reorganize into larger units, thereby increasing teacher pay and reducing the need for teacher salary supplement…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools, School District Reorganization
Peer reviewedBass, Gerald R. – Rural Educator, 2001
Various strategies used by state policymakers to influence small school districts are discussed. Incentives can be used to help small districts survive or encourage them to reorganize or consolidate. Disincentives, or "the stick," can withhold funding from small districts or establish impossible goals, resulting in consolidation while…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Institutional Survival
Peer reviewedChance, Edward; Cummins, Craig – Rural Educator, 1998
Superintendents of nine Oklahoma school districts that voluntarily consolidated were interviewed to identify successful strategies related to teachers, parents and community, students, support staff, administrators, and board members, and to identify unsuccessful strategies. Assuring that students would benefit, addressing job security, and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Consolidated Schools, Educational Change
