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Saturday, February 25, 2006

 

Blogging About Rural Education and Small Schools

From the AJC "Get Schooled" blog.

Big School/Small School
Families with school-age children have discovered South Fulton, according to this story by Mary MacDonald. The growth is expected to push enrollment at many elementary schools over 1,000.

Is that a bad thing? Let’s face it, schools often get crowded because they have good reputations. They have involved parents. They have parents with college degrees and financial resources. They become the place to be. Enrollment rises. This isn’t always the case, but it’s the case for a lot of metro Atlanta’s biggest schools...

Another one from Mr. Rural ED - Michael Arnold.

A Progressive View of Rural Education

NRCRES Website
The other day I was wondering whether the National Research Center on Rural Education Support (NRCRES) had gotten a website yet. Son of a gun, they do! It's a pretty good-looking site. The site contains information about the center's work and articles for downloading from what appears to be work done under previous contracts.

One downside to the site is that it doesn't quite have a national feel to it. A major concern has been that the center would focus a disproportionate amount of attention on rural education issues in the southeast since it located at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill...

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