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Peer reviewedSederberg, Charles H. – Research in Rural Education, 1988
Discusses the federated school district, a cooperative organizational alternative for low enrollment rural districts facing enrollment decline or fiscal exigency. Describes district characteristics: local elementary schools, small regional high schools, a governing assembly, and a multiple district administrative system. Includes a planning model…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, Rural Schools
Download full textHowley, Craig B. – 1989
This digest reviews recent evidence of the positive effects of small-scale schooling on student achievement. Historically, larger school size has been viewed as an important educational reform producing cost-effectiveness and educational efficiency. Today, small-scale schooling is found primarily in rural areas and small towns. A 1964 study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Performance Factors, Rural Schools
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Bureau of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1990
This report presents data from 25 school districts in Connecticut that were involved in dropout prevention planning programs in grades kindergarten through twelfth for the 1987-88 and 1988-89 school years. Each of these districts addresses the problems of both accounting for the dropout rate, and developing an effective and reliable method for the…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
