Public Education in Rural America.

Autor/inn/en	Sher, Jonathan P.; und weitere
Institution	Rural Housing Alliance, Washington, DC.; Rural America, Inc., Washington, DC.
Titel	Public Education in Rural America.
Quelle	(1975), (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Academic Achievement; Comparative Analysis; Educational Problems; Educational Quality; Employment Opportunities; Federal Aid; Higher Education; Income; Migration Patterns; Needs; Rural Areas; School District Autonomy; Unemployment; Urban Areas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Einkommen; Grundbedürfnis; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Arbeitslosigkeit; Urban area; Stadtregion
Abstract	Like agriculture, public education in rural America has increasingly moved away from a small community orientation to larger consolidations. The forces of modernization, consolidation, and urbanization challenge the rural community to create a pragmatically viable alternative to the metropolitan way of life, because by adopting urban practices and curriculums, thereby encouraging outmigration of rural youth and ignoring immediate rural needs, today's rural schools are aiding, if not hastening, the process of decay in rural communities. A traditionally inadequate fiscal capacity has tended to perpetuate a cycle of poor facilities, teachers, and students; a high dropout rate; and inadequately prepared graduates, resulting in decreased employment opportunities, low income, and, ultimately, fewer taxable resources. The enormity of education related problems in rural America becomes apparent when examined in terms of comparative statistics (urban vs rural) relative to achievement, motivation, and employment prospects; number of school necessary, therefore, that: (1) Federal aid be dramatically increased; (2) effective control be returned to the local citizenry; and (3) increased attention be paid to the qualitative/substantive issues in rural education. (JC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01