Hard Choices in School Consolidation: Providing Education in the Best Interests of Students or Preserving Community Identity

Autor/inn/en	Warner, Wanda; Lindle, Jane Clark
Titel	Hard Choices in School Consolidation: Providing Education in the Best Interests of Students or Preserving Community Identity
Quelle	In: Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 12 (2009) 1, S.1-11 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-4589
DOI	10.1177/1555458908329776
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; Consolidated Schools; Facilities Management; Academic Achievement; School Districts; School Community Relationship; Middle Schools; Accountability; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8 + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Facility Management; Schulleistung; School district; Schulbezirk; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Verantwortung; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08
Abstract	Educational leaders face difficult decisions in ensuring that all students learn despite ongoing scarcity of resources. School communities play an important role in establishing positive learning environments and supplying the resources for student learning. Declining community conditions often present school leaders with tough choices between facilities management and instructional needs. This case illustrates how school districts maintain a focus on the best interest of students in the face of economic decline in surrounding communities. How does a district address school consolidation? How can two communities focus on their children's futures rather than grieving over past distinctions in community identity? (Contains 1 figure and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10