Friday, September 09, 2005
Rural Education in the News
Taken from the Google News Alert service...
Consolidation means fewer black school board members
Arkansas Times - Little Rock, AR, USA
The state-required consolidation of small Arkansas schools has resulted in a substantial decrease in the number of black school board members in those areas where the consolidations occurred, as well as a reduction in the number of black administrators, according to a study by a group supportive of small schools. State officials didn’t challenge the study’s findings, but said the purpose of consolidation was to help students, not preserve seats for minority members of school boards or jobs for administrators.
Group raising funds for poor schools
The State - Columbia, SC, USA
A high-profile group of S.C. citizen-activists is making plans to secure more money for dilapidated schools in the state’s poor school districts. The group plans to act regardless of whether a circuit judge orders the S.C. General Assembly to spend more money on the poor schools, most of them rural.
Study: Gender inequality serious in rural areas
China Daily - China
Gender inequality still exists in China, especially in poverty-stricken rural areas, a recent national study on gender assessment learned. Professor Li Xiaoyun of the College of Humanities and Development at China Agricultural University said on Tuesday that although the status of Chinese women has improved greatly in the past two decades, gender inequality still commonly exists in almost all social aspects including political power, education, health, employment and assets possession. Li made the comments in Beijing at a workshop on gender and poverty in China.
Tags: aera, rural, education
Consolidation means fewer black school board members
Arkansas Times - Little Rock, AR, USA
The state-required consolidation of small Arkansas schools has resulted in a substantial decrease in the number of black school board members in those areas where the consolidations occurred, as well as a reduction in the number of black administrators, according to a study by a group supportive of small schools. State officials didn’t challenge the study’s findings, but said the purpose of consolidation was to help students, not preserve seats for minority members of school boards or jobs for administrators.
Group raising funds for poor schools
The State - Columbia, SC, USA
A high-profile group of S.C. citizen-activists is making plans to secure more money for dilapidated schools in the state’s poor school districts. The group plans to act regardless of whether a circuit judge orders the S.C. General Assembly to spend more money on the poor schools, most of them rural.
Study: Gender inequality serious in rural areas
China Daily - China
Gender inequality still exists in China, especially in poverty-stricken rural areas, a recent national study on gender assessment learned. Professor Li Xiaoyun of the College of Humanities and Development at China Agricultural University said on Tuesday that although the status of Chinese women has improved greatly in the past two decades, gender inequality still commonly exists in almost all social aspects including political power, education, health, employment and assets possession. Li made the comments in Beijing at a workshop on gender and poverty in China.
Tags: aera, rural, education
