Rural Education (1991)

Originally published in 1991, essays discuss and analyse rural schooling in its historical, social, and political contexts as well as its educational mission.

Deyoung Alan

Part I: Historical and Social Contexts of Rural Education. 1. Historical Scholarship in Nineteenth Century Rural Education, Theobald. 2. Adult Education and Rural America: An Analysis of Selected Topics and Sources, Neufeldt, Akenson. 3. The Rural Education Dilemma as part of the Rural Dilemma: Rural Education and Economics, Howley. Part II: Rural Education in the Field: Sources for Practitioners. 4. Identifying, Recruiting, Selecting, Inducting and Supervising Rural Teachers, Hare. 5. The Organization and Reorganization of Small Rural Schools, Monk. 6. Technological Delivery Systems and Applications for K-12 Instructions in Rural Schools, Barker. 7. Meeting the Needs of Special Student Populations in Rural Locales, Berkley, Ludlow. 8. Equality of Educational Opportunity in Rural America, Phelps, Prock. 9. Resources in Rural Education, Lipinski. Part III: The Future of American Schooling. 10. A Proposed Federal and State Policy Agenda for Rural Education in the Decade of the 1990s, Stephens, Perry. 11. Rural Grassroots School Organizations: Their Agendas for Education, Nachtigal. 12. Why Reform Doesn't Apply: Creating a New Story about Education in Rural America, Haas.