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Download full textAltschuld, James W.; And Others – 1978
This handbook is designed to illustrate how nine rural schools, along with area postsecondary institutions, planned and implemented guidance and counseling programs and to help others similarly situated to do the same. It contains the ideas, strategies, obstacles, and accomplishments of field test sites in diverse geographic areas. This document…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Field Studies
Tomblin, Elizabeth; Harding, Evelyn – 1980
In a 1979 survey, the majority of the 73% responding superintendents and 38% responding school board chairmen in 269 randomly chosen small school districts across the nation indicated that program evaluation activity occurred in their districts and that evaluation information was generally desired by and available to the school board.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Boards of Education, Curriculum Development
BOHRSON, RALPH G. – 1963
THE CONTROVERSY REGARDING THE PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS OF SMALL SCHOOLS HAS BEEN BASED ON NINE INVALID ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED, PROBLEMS OF TEACHING, PROGRAM QUALITY AND TEACHING, SCHOOL REDISTRICTING, EDUCATIONAL FINANCE, CURRICULUM, LEADERSHIP ROLE, INHERENT STRENGTHS, AND QUALITY AS A FUNCTION OF NUMBERS. THE MAJOR…
Descriptors: Administrators, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
ACKERMAN, PAUL R. – 1965
THE EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF A TEACHER-CONSULTANT FOR THE GIFTED CHILD IN A RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS THE PRIMARY PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY. SPECIFICALLY, EFFORTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARD DETERMINING WHETHER (1) THE ADDITION OF A TEACHER-CONSULTANT ACTUALLY IMPROVES INSTRUCTION FOR THE GIFTED STUDENT, (2)…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Consultants, Curriculum Development, Faculty
O'Neal, Linda; Beckner, Weldon – 1980
A general look at rural and/or small schools is the focus of this state of the art review. The historical perspective of the report begins in 1918, when the trend toward consolidation of one-room schools was first indicated and continues into and well beyond the depression. It is reported that the number of school districts decreased from 127,000…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Environment
Huber, Jake, Ed.; Dearmin, Evalyn, Ed. – 1976
The Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP) is composed of representatives from ten state departments of education who meet periodically to discuss topical educational issues of general concern. RIPP member states include Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma. This particular booklet reports…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Conference Reports
Merrell, Russell G. – 1968
A project was undertaken in 1965 in 3 elementary schools in Wayne County School District, Utah, to determine if students entering small, rural schools have cultural disadvantages and, if so, to develop materials and procedures to meet such deficiencies. Pretesting revealed significant differences in vocabulary development and experiential…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Enrichment, Field Trips
Schneider, Elsa, Ed. – 1960
A joint committee from the American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation and the Department of Rural Education, NEA, developed this handbook for physical education for rural youth. General needs of children in relation to physical fitness and social development are discussed. The major portion of the document consists of games…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Facilities, Games, Group Activities
Porter, Robert M. – 1968
Two hundred sixty secondary students from 33 schools took part in a program of Saturday seminars funded by Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The program was operated by the Catskill Area School Study Council for academically gifted, rural students to provide intellectual activity and stimulation beyond that offered in their…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classes (Groups of Students), Curriculum, Enrichment
Gores, Richard W., Ed. – 1968
Seven Projects to Advance Creativity in Education (PACE) concerned with small schools and rural areas present reports of progress and plans in this July-August 1968 issue of PACEreport. The document also contains a listing of publications dealing with rural education and a listing of films, filmstrips, and publications, developed under Title III…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Films
Court of Appeals. Eighth Circuit. – 1976
In this appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota, Kathleen Sullivan is the appellant; Meade Independent School District, No. 101, school board members, and school administrators, the appellees. The single, young elementary school teacher was discharged at midterm by the small, rural community's school board as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, IL. – 1974
The North Central Association (NCA) Committee on Small Schools conducted an inventory of practices found in NCA schools as of December 1973. The purpose was to provide a school locator service to identify small schools in which specific practices were found. An inventory form was sent to secondary schools having an enrollment of 300 or fewer…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Practices
National Association of College and University Business Officers, Washington, DC. – 1974
This manual provides a basic guide to wage and salary administration at smaller institutions of higher education--institutions with 400 or fewer full-time nonacademic employees and a relatively uncomplicated administrative organization. Emphasis is placed on definitions and benefits of the process, assigning responsibility and authority, deciding…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Higher Education, Institutional Personnel, Job Analysis
South Pacific Commission, Noumea (New Caledonia). – 1969
Information on educational systems in the Pacific Territories has been compiled from visits to the various territories, from conversations with departmental offices, and from official reports and documents. Breakdowns of this information in the directory are presented for 20 territories and/or islands in terms of population data, names of…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Directories, Educational Finance
Booth, Charlene Warren – 1974
A program for bringing information about the schools to the members of the community in the Columbia-Brazoria Independent School District (Texas) is described in this book. Funding was provided by the Texas Education Agency through its Elementary and Secondary Education Act and by the Hogg Foundation. Details of the program are described,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Child Development Centers, Community Involvement
