No Longer Forgotten - The Triumphs and Struggles of Rural Education in America

This volume looks at both the macro-factors affecting rural schools as well as the specific steps rural schools have taken and can take to improve.

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Michael Q. McShane and Andy Smarick
Chapter 1: Rural Poverty and the Federal Safety Net: Implications for Rural Educators
Angela Rachidi
Chapter 2: African-American Education in Rural Communities in the Deep South: "Making the Impossible Possible"
Sheneka M. Williams
Chapter 3: From Basketball to Overdose Capital: The Story of Rural America, Schools, and the Opioid Crisis
Clayton Hale and Sally Satel
Chapter 4: The Power of Place: Rural Identity and the Politics of Rural School Reform
Sara Dahill-Brown and Ashley Jochim
Chapter 5: A Statistical Portrait of Rural Education in America
Nat Malkus
Chapter 6: School Finance in Rural America
James V. Shuls
Chapter 7: Staffing America's Rural Schools
Daniel Player and Aliza Husain
Chapter 8: Right Place, Right Time: The Potential of Rural Charter Schools
Juliet Squire
Conclusion
Michael Q. McShane and Andy Smarick
About the Editors
About the Contributors

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Edited by Michael Q. McShane and Andy Smarick

Riassunto

This volume looks at both the macro-factors affecting rural schools as well as the specific steps rural schools have taken and can take to improve.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Q. (EDT)/ Smarick Mcshane, Michael Q. Smarick Mcshane
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Q McShane (Editore), Michael Q. Mcshane (Editore), McShane Michael Q. (Editore), Andy Smarick (Editore), Smarick Andy (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781475846089
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-4608-9
• Pagine: 186
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia scolastica, didattica, metodica; Education, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Rural communities, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy