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Sunday, April 23, 2006

 

Rural Education in the News

From my Yahoo news service (although this one came from the virtual school search terms).

Advani's 'Media Centre' draws rural folk
rediff.com Sun, 16 Apr 2006 7:40 AM PDT

Urchins and urbanites, villagers and VIPs crowd around the school van-turned-Media Centre on Wheels with journalists on board filing their stories as it halts at every welcome point along the 6,000-km Rajkot-Delhi Yatra route.

From the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development SmartBrief.

Study: In rural Oregon, funding linked with achievement gap

A national study of small and rural districts revealed that, in Oregon, rural districts that get the most tax money have higher student achievement than rural districts that receive less money. Researcher Jerry Johnson also found a strong correlation between student test scores and teacher qualifications in rural schools. The Oregonian (Portland) (4/18)

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