Okay, at the end of April the SIG's website had 2959. This afternoon at 3:45pm EST we had 3427 hits - an increase of 468 in the past thirty-one days.

According to our StatCounter feature, we had 412 unique visitors during the month of April - 370 of which were first time users and 42 were repeat offenders. This is an average of 13 people a day visiting our site.

While the majority of these visitors have come from the United States, we have also had visitors from
Canada, India, Brazil, Germany, Cote D'ivoire, Israel, Fiji, Cyprus, Ukraine, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, South Africa, Malaysia, Nigeria, Portugal, and Argentina.

Popular pages this past month included:

• Resenhas Educativas/Education Review publica resena
• Rural Education and Small Schools in the News
• Seeking Volunteer Reviewers for Books in Spanish and Portuguese

Finally, the average visitor spent from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. Until next month...

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, AERA, rural, education

A message from Gustavo Fischman (fischman@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Resenhas Educativas/Education Review é uma publicação acadêmica, com formato eletrônico dedicada à resenhas de livros no campo da educação.

Resenhas Educativas/Education Review nasceu em 1998 e desde então já publicou quase 600 comentários e análises de livros sobre a problemática educacional. Ela é editada pela Arizona State University (ASU) Todas as resenhas podem ser consultadas gratuitamente no endereço:

http://edrev.asu.edu
Nossa última resenha publicada é:

Schubert, William, Schubert, Ann Lynn Lopez, Thomas, Thomas P. e Caroll, Wayne M. (2002). Curriculum Books: The First Hundred Years (2nd Ed.). New York: Peter Lang.

João M. Paraskeva Universidade do Minho-Portugal

Esta resenha pode ser consultada em Resenhas Recentes, na homepage da revista, http://edrev.asu.edu/indexp.html

ESPERAMOS SUA VISITA AOS NOSSOS SÍTIOS E SUA COLABORAÇÃO NOS PRÓXIMOS NÚMEROS DA REVISTA.
___________________________________________

Editor para Español y Portugués
Gustavo E. Fischman
Arizona State University
Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas (UERJ)
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Editor General (inglês)
Gene V Glass
Arizona State University

Editora de Reseñas Breves (inglês)
Kate Corby
Michigan State University
___________________________________________________________

Education Review is an electronic journal publishing reviews of recent books in education. The Education Review has published over 1400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at

http://edrev.asu.edu
The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following book has just been reviewed:

Schubert, William, Schubert, Ann Lynn Lopez, Thomas, Thomas P. e Caroll, Wayne M. (2002). Curriculum Books: The First Hundred Years (2nd Ed.). New York: Peter Lang.

João M. Paraskeva Universidade do Minho-Portugal

This review can be accessed as the first item under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage.

http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html
___________________________________________________

Gustavo Fischman
Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
fischman@asu.edu

Gene V Glass
Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby
Brief Reviews Editor
corby@msu.edu

Tags: Education Review, AERA, rural, education

Bracey, Gerald. W. (2006). Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Reviewed by Darrell L. Sabers, University of Arizona.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.
___________________________________________________

Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/

Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

Tags: Education Review, AERA, rural, education

The Google news Alert for small schools.

Hanging Up on Parents?
Gotham Gazette - New York,NY,USA

... This issue has become increasingly heated, as the city struggles to find space to house all of its new small schools and charter schools. ...

State soccer: Small schools could surprise in wide-open tournament
Jackson Hole Star-Tribune - Casper,WY,USA

... "For the smaller schools, there is a lot of excitement and a lot of buzz going ... "Bigger schools still have more depth, and tournaments are won in three days.".

The trotting out of an old idea
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA

... of the district, particularly if it is expensive for the district to operate, so a large districtwide board might have greater power to close small schools. ...[See all stories on this topic]

High court won't take small schools case
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA

By The Associated Press. The US Supreme Court rejected the appeal to save Nebraska’s smallest schools without comment Monday. Former ...

Younger Principals Guiding Schools as New York Revamps Education ...
New York Times - United States

... program. He has also created scores of small schools, and most of the youngest principals are gravitating toward them. Such schools ...

Big opportunity for 'small schools'
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA

... Division II Championship tournament is in its third year, but this may be remembered as the one that many of the so-called "small schools" consider the ground ...

High court declines to intervene in small schools case
Grand Island Independent - Grand Island,NE,USA

Former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg filed the last-ditch appeal in March on behalf of the small schools after state courts denied all his appeals. ...

DODDS-Europe Small-Schools softball: Baumholder holds off Rota in ...
Stars and Stripes - Washington,D.C.,USA

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — The Baumholder Buccaneers won the DODDS-Europe Small Schools softball title Saturday with a rain-shortened 5-4 victory over Rota ...[See all stories on this topic]

And the Google news Alert for rural education.

UN opens Caribbean education forums
United Press International - USA

With rural poverty high and the level of rural education low in Caribbean countries, the UN Food and Agricultural Organization was to present a report to the ...

Stanwood wants to be college town
The Herald - Everett,WA,USA

... She has picked out 480 picturesque rural acres north of town perched on a hill ... a proposed Wal-Mart last year now support bringing higher education to Stanwood. ...

Education watch
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA

Washburn Rural Middle School eighth-graders will be promoted at 6 pm today at Washburn Rural High School, 5900 SW 61st. Pauline ...

Board hosts open house for 1920s
Brazosport Facts (subscription) - Clute,TX,USA

... “I hope the teachers have the vision to do that,” Kennemer said. “They need to see what rural education was like in the 1920s.”. ...

A lecture for nation’s future in education
The Statesman - Kolkata,India

... Ramanujams are lost every now and then in their infant stages due to lack of higher education facilities in the country, especially in the rural districts like ...

Make district funding more equal
Detroit Free Press - United States

... of your inequality dollars to help all of Michigan's students receive a good education. ... up enough so the children in my community and rural communities across ...

China's faustian bargain -- for some
Asia Pacific Media Network - Los Angeles,CA,USA

... measures to improve infrastructure and living conditions in the countryside, including upgrading rural healthcare and expanding funding for rural education. ...

Govt claims all-round achievement
Hindustan Times - India

... The report covers a wide range of areas such as health, education, minorities, women, rural development, urban renewal, agriculture, disaster management, Jammu ...

UN’s agricultural and educational agencies spotlight rural ...
noticias.info - Spain/noticias.info/

With rural poverty high and the level of rural education low in Caribbean ... “Education is essential for the rural poor, many of whom are women. ...

Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education

Roth, Wolff-Michael and Tobin, Kenneth. (Eds.) (2005). Teaching Together, Learning Together. New York: Peter Lang

Reviewed by Susanna Calkins, Northwestern University.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage

A message from Gustavo Fischman (fischman@ASU.EDU) to the EDREV@ASU.EDU listserve.

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review es una publicación académica con formato electrónico de reseñas de libros sobre educación. Reseñas Educativas/Education Review, se creo en 1998 y desde entonces ha publicado casi 1,500 reseñas. Todas las reseñas pueden ser consultadas gratuitamente en la siguiente dirección


Reseñas Educativas/Education Review publica reseñas en español, portugués e inglés. El siguiente libro acaba de ser reseñado:

Brunner, José Joaquín, Elacqua, Gregory, Tillet, Anthony, Bonnefoy, Javiera, Gonzalez, Soledad, Pacheco, Paula, y Salazar, Felipe (2005). Guiar el Mercado. Informe sobre la Educación Superior en Chile. Viña del Mar (Chile): Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

Reseñado por Gabriela Silvestre University of Pittsburgh

Redondo, Patricia (2004) Escuelas y pobreza: Entre el desasosiego y la obstinación.Buenos Aires: Paidós.

Reseñado por Antonio Guerrero Serón.Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Esta reseña puede ser consultada en Reseñas Recientes en la homepage de la revista:

___________________________________________
Editor para Español y Portugués
Gustavo E. Fischman
Arizona State University
Laboratorio de Políticas Públicas (UERJ)
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Editor General (inglês)
Gene V Glass
Arizona State University

Editora de Reseñas Breves (inglês)
Kate Corby
Michigan State University

___________________________________________________________

Education Review is an electronic journal publishing reviews of recent books in education. The Education Review has published over 1400 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at


The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following book has just been reviewed:

Brunner, José Joaquín, Elacqua, Gregory, Tillet, Anthony, Bonnefoy, Javiera, Gonzalez, Soledad, Pacheco, Paula, y Salazar, Felipe (2005). Guiar el Mercado. Informe sobre la Educación Superior en Chile. Viña del Mar (Chile): Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez.

Reseñado por Gabriela Silvestre University of Pittsburgh

Redondo, Patricia (2004) Escuelas y pobreza: Entre el desasosiego y la obstinación.Buenos Aires: Paidós.

Reseñado por Antonio Guerrero Serón.Universidad Complutense de Madrid

This review can be accessed as the first item under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage.


___________________________________________________
Gustavo Fischman
Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
fischman@asu.edu

Gene V Glass
Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby
Brief Reviews Editor
corby@msu.edu

Tags: Education Review, AERA, rural, education

A message from Lee Deuben (pn_uic@yahoo.com) to the RURALSIG@LISTSERV.UNL.EDU

Tending the Garden: From Grassroots to Green Roofs
Chicago, Illinois
June 8th - June 11th, 2006

Hosted by:

University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Urban Planning and Policy

Planners Network is an association of professionals, activists, academics, and students involved in physical, social, economic, and environmental planning in urban and rural areas, who promote fundamental change in our political and economic systems.

E-mail Lee Deuben with questions at pn_uic@yahoo.com.

Conference website: http://www.uic.edu/cuppa/upp/pn/index.html

Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education

I guess we can call this the entry for this week on the topic... The first one comes to us from The Education Wonks.

Is Smaller Better In The Big City?
By EdWonk

Here's a good introductory overview of New York City's "small school" instructional model which is being used in several other large school systems around the country: Five years ago, Sharis Wingfield couldn't have imagined attending a high school that emphasizes sports vocations and teaches kids math using batting averages. She also couldn't have envisioned a scenario where her high school would...

And one from NPR Topics: Education.

Village Schools Battle Dearth of Teachers, Resources

Many of China's rural poor see education as the only way to lift their families out of poverty. But village schools lack resources, and Beijing's plan to get rid of uncertified teachers would hurt them even more.

And it wouldn't be right without at least one from Mr. Rural ED.

Senator Kent Conrad on Rural Schools
By michaellarnold

This continues Mr. Rural ED's look at congressional perspectives on rural schools. The quote below is from North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad. Senator Conrad is a fifth generation North Dakotan and is the ranking member of the Budget Committee and...

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, AERA, small schools, rural, education

Okay, this is kind of odd - but our Google news alert service just started again this week. So, the Google news alert for rural education...

KU leads education of allied health professionals in Kansas
KUMC Campus News (press release) - Kansas City,KS,USA

... Kansas Medical Center. “The problem is, we can’t always retain graduates in our state, particularly in rural areas.”. KU has ...

Late moves could save Indian health and education programs
Native Times - USA

... a broad range of educational needs of Indian students including education in Indian ... population of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in rural areas and ...

Training, retaining aim for rural town
Central Midlands & Coastal Advocate - Moora,Australia

... by WHCEP, funding to support this local initiative has been received from the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR), Rural Education Program, and ...

Time is up The Norman Transcript
Norman Transcript - Norman,OK,USA

... is the thing we're most proud of, the REAP program helping rural Oklahoma ... She worked 24 years in education, mostly in Muskogee where she lives and culminating ...

Stan Grusznyski: Preserving our rural heritage is test of our will ...
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA

... Friday, Aug. 25, UW-Fox Valley campus, Menasha: rural health care, rural education, state and local government. • Friday, Oct. ...

Don Walton: Heineman win impacts Hagel, Ricketts
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln,NE,USA

... there, he said, after working six years in Congress to bring farm programs, drought relief, rural health care assistance, rural education assistance, water ...[See all stories on this topic]

Olympic doubles champ sent for rural re-education
Deepika - Kottayam,India

BEIJING, May 15 (Reuters) Olympic table tennis doubles champion Chen Qi has been sent to the countryside for ''re-education'', a Chinese newspaper reported ...

Pigs can communicate, child learns at Livingston's Rural Education ...
Ann Arbor News - Ann Arbor,MI,USA

... Phillip joined nearly 600 students from Brighton, Hartland, Howell and Pinckney at the May 4 Rural Education Day, hosted by the Livingston County Farm Bureau. ...

Sarawak A Priority State In 9MP, Says Effendi
Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

... Effendi said RM4.17 billion had been allocated for rural development, which would involve the construction of rural roads, education and training programmes ...

Mrs Manning gets ‘good vibes’ from Couva school
Trinidad News - Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago

... than rural schools “and as such we have work to do in the rural areas.” Pastor ... for the school to keep pace with the delivery of quality education to the ...

Farm and Home Bureau going strong
Auburn Citizen - Auburn,NY,USA

... pleasant. Through the land grant college of New York state, Cornell, a rural education program was started in the early 1920s. Farm ...

Darling has a desk full of problems
Guardian Unlimited - UK

... less than a year in the job he has moved on to education, leaving most ... next year, which will have to consider whether to cut little-used rural services, what ...

Children's education lost in struggle for rights
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA

... But as an ESL teacher in Strawn, Texas, a small, rural district, I can't ... For some, the students' education in Mexico was not equivalent in curriculum to what ...

Leach runner breaks ORES state track record
Pryor Daily Times - Pryor,OK,USA

... “In four years she’ll be a high school State Champion.”. Sanders recently won at the Oklahoma Rural Education Schools State Track Meet in McAlester. ...

Fees waived for rural students
CCTV - Beijing,China

Starting this year, the Chinese government will scrap charges for rural students during their nine-year compulsory education. In ...

Candidate sees service as key to decision
Hope Star - Hope,AR,USA

... “I'd like to see some more money allocated for our rural areas. ... “Of course, we want to stay on top of education issues to make sure our smaller schools ...[See all stories on this topic]

YEMEN: Government waives girls' tuition fees to boost female ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK

... The situation is particularly dire in rural areas, the agency noted, where only 30 ... the support of all partners for realising the child's right to education.". ...

Waiting on growth Official: Bottling plant would boost education ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA

... opportunities for kids as programs such as art, music and physical education become harder ... said those jobs are also much harder to replace in rural areas like ...

Rural postings: Ministry won't entertain appeals
Daily Express - Kota Kinabalu,Sabah,Malaysia

Ipoh: The Education Ministry strives to provide and offer quality education and service for future generations by sending trained and experienced teachers to ...

D-Day looms in fight to save rural school
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UKA

FINAL decision on whether to save a tiny rural school in North Yorkshire ... the 1820s, but its future is hanging by a thread after education bosses recommended ...[See all stories on this topic]

Bill would benefit boarding schools
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks,AK,USA

... John Coghill, R-North Pole, said the measure provides rural students a choice of going to ... The bill would affect education programs in Galena, Nenana and Bethel ...

Open for Business
Helena Independent Record - Helena,MT,USA

... In addition to the two education groups, the CPA firm Lopach and Caparelli and the Montana Rural Education Association are expected tenants. ...

Rural Education Day; Annual event brings country to kids
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater,MI,USA

COLDWATER — Five years ago, Ellen Hopkins of the Farm Bureau decided that the Rural Education Day (RED) staged annually in Jackson County was a good idea for ...

A travesty of music education
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica

... And that they've been trying 'to send more students into the schools, especially in the rural areas, to try and influence what's going on there'. ...

The only way is up for non-base schools
The Ashburton Guardian - Ashburton,New Zealand

... Mr Hore at Fairton said while the school had been able to offer all the wonders of a rural education, it had not been able to offer the certainty of a future ...

State board to consider closing Paron school
Arkansas News - Little Rock,AR,USA

... Ron Crawford, head of the Rural Education Preservation Alliance and the grandfather of a Paron high school student, said the bill was only marginally tied to ...[See all stories on this topic]

And for small schools...

Still left behind?
Indianapolis Star - United States

... The grant included funding to develop small schools on the campuses of the five large high school that are part of Indianapolis Public Schools. ...

Small schools changing shape of nation's largest school system
USA Today - USA

... In the last few years, New York's embrace of the small schools model has dramatically reshaped the nation's largest public school system. ...

SE Texas small schools strike gold
Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA

AUSTIN - Runners from small schools took home more gold medals than expected at the University Interscholastic League State Track and Field Championships held ...

4 seek nominations for District 47 race
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA

... But small schools meeting requirements should not be consolidated, Higdon said. ... Bowling said he would fight to protect rural schools and small class sizes. ...

US Supreme Court Rejects Small Schools' Argument
KETV.com - Omaha,NE,USA

Former Nebraska Attorney General Don Stenberg had filed an appeal on behalf of the small schools, asking the nation's highest court to block the law. ...[See all stories on this topic]

Plan to rescue rural schools
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press - Norfolk,England,UK

... "There will be areas where it is best to retain small schools as they are, with a single headteacher. ... "All the hard evidence is in favour of small schools. ...

SF Schools: ‘What ifs?’ help district think outside the box in ...
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA

... But like many small-school parents, he believes “small schools are viable. I just think we’re not maximizing our resources. ...

Prep Soccer: Small schools just want a tourney to call their own
Salt Lake Tribune - United States

... But things are about to change for the Crusaders, and for several other small schools around the state looking to take their game to another level. ...

Where Does The Money From School Finance Actually Go?
KAKE - Wichita,KS,USA

... He says that approach has let the district maintain small schools and high test scores without spending a lot of money on adminstrators. ...

Schools find it's not easy staying green
Fayetteville Online - Fayetteville NC,USA

... oversees school facilities. In new communities where yards are small, schools may offer the only green space nearby. “We’re trying ...

Future of small schools: Wait and see
LaSalle News Tribune - LaSalle,IL,USA

... number,” she said. “I am hopeful that small schools do stay open and that not all of them become impersonal supercenters. Many of the ...

Petition requests district division
Daily Herald - Provo,UT,USA

... Cox is a proponent of small schools and small districts. "Unless we can get the districts broken down to community-based districts ...

Student Achievement at Small Schools Is Mixed
Berkeley Daily Planet - Berkeley,CA,USA

By Suzanne La Barre (05-02-06). Academic performance at Berkeley High School’s first two small schools is a mixed bag, new data show. ...

Big turnout for small schools' conference
Tamworth Northern Daily Leader - Tamworth,New South Wales,Australia

By Kristy Reading. STAFF from small schools around the region came together for the largest conference of its type in 10 years in Tamworth on Sunday. ...

Small Schools' Ripple Effects Debated
Civilrights.org - Washington,DC,USA

Major initiatives in New York City and Chicago to close unsuccessful schools and create small schools in their wake are stirring criticism from some community ...

Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education

These went out over the listserve last week, but it has taken me a bit of time to get them up and linked in here.

• Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award
• Stanley A. Brezinki Memorial Rural Education Research Award
• National Rural Education Association - Call for Presentations (Workshop Presentations)
• Call for Rural Research - 2006 NREA Research Symposium

These files came to us by way of:

Bob Mooneyham
Executive Director, National Rural Education Association
820 Van Vleet Oval
Norman, OK 73019-2041
Phone: 405-325-7959
FAX: 405-325-7959
Email: bmooneyham@ou.edu

Who I assume you can contact if you need more information.

Tags: NREA, NREA 2006, AERA, rural, education

A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,500 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at

Li, Cheng. (Ed.).(2005). Bridging minds across the Pacific: U.S.-China educational exchanges, 1978-2003. New York: Lexington Books.

Reviewed by Zhang Jingning, Arizona State University.

Frankfurt, Henry. (2005). On Bullshit. Princeton University Press.

Reviewed by Rocco J. Perla & James Carifio, University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

Oppenheimer, Todd. (2003). The Flickering Mind. New York: Random House.

Reviewed by Andrew J. Rotherham, Commonwealth of Virginia, Board of Education.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.
___________________________________________________
Gene V Glass, Editor
glass@asu.edu

Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
http://edrev.asu.edu/brief/

Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
http://edrev.asu.edu/indexs.html

Tags: Education Review, AERA, rural, education

And some more general entries about rural education from the past few weeks...

USDA: $20 million for rural U.S. communities - Pahrump Valley times
By Ray

Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr - who was in Pahrump last month to tour Desert View Regional Medical Center - recently announced the availability of $20 million in grants to rural communities to strengthen distance learning and telemedicine programs in rural America. "The specialized health care and enhanced educational opportunities brought by modern technologies saves lives and promotes opportunities essential to the advancement of rural areas," said Dorr. "USDA Rural Development's funding for distance learning and telemedicine will help to bring technology into rural America to build strong and vibrant communities."

And a bunch from Mr. Rural ED.

Rural Education Dissertation Award
By michaellarnold

The National Rural Education Association is soliciting applications for the Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award. The award recognizes doctoral research that makes a significant contribution to rural education and addresses issues of current concern. The winner of...

Whatever Happened to Tom Luna?
By michaellarnold

A few of us have been wondering about whatever happened to Tom Luna? Some of you will remember him as the Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Rural Education Task Force. Word out of Idaho is that Tom is...

Brzezinski Rural Education Research Award
By michaellarnold

The National Rural Education Association is seeking applications for the Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Rural Education Research Award. Deadline for applications is June 15, 2006. The award includes a $500 stipend. Contact Executive Director Bob Mooneyham for more information. In...

Putting Rural Education Issues in Perspective
By michaellarnold

One way to put the issues facing rural schools into perspective is to look at what's happening with rural health care. A report in today's Denver Post paints a disheartening picture of health care for some of Colorado's rural communities....

Senator Burns on Montana's Rural Schools
By michaellarnold

Mr. Rural ED's series on congressional perspectives on rural schools continues with comments from Senator Conrad Burns (R-Montana). One of the greatest challenges we have is to revolutionize education in rural areas such as Montana, where current technological capabilities may...

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act
By michaellarnold

Should the federal government sell off land to support rural schools? That's the issue behind legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) to fund the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act without selling...

Rural Students & Reading
By michaellarnold

Rural 12th grade students who were eligible for free and reduced priced lunches scored higher on the 2003 NAEP Reading Assessment than did those from central cities and urban fringes. Ok, rural students scored only 1 point higher than urban...

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, AERA, small schools, rural, education

Here are some entries from the past couple of weeks...

Today's One-Room School House: Good For Kids?
By EdWonk

Mrs. Cornelius tells us that one of the last functioning one-room school houses is under threat: Go slow when you drive through Croydon, N.H. It's a tiny place with a general store, a town hall, one church and a red brick, one-story school. Croydon's school was built in 1780 and has been in continuous operation ever since. But change is coming. It's a matter of growth. Most of America's one-room...

Small Town Life
By Clarence Fisher

I saw my first robin when I was walking to school this morning. The snow is almost entirely gone, but the leaves have yet to emerge. Still the colours of fall. The ground filled with dried out, crunchy leaves and a washed - out blue sky. The wind is still cold as the ice on the lake in front of my house has several weeks to go until it will disappear. But there is no doubt, spring has arrived. Even though I woke up to several centimetres of snow yesterday....

Tags: blog, blogging, blogs, AERA, small schools, rural, education

A message from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,500 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at

A message from Gustavo Fischman (fischman@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Reseñas Educativas/Education Review es una publicación académica con formato electrónico de reseñas de libros sobre educación. Reseñas Educativas/Education Review, se creo en 1998 y desde entonces ha publicado casi 1,500 reseñas. Todas las reseñas pueden ser consultadas gratuitamente em la siguiente dirección

A message from "AERA President, Past President, and Executive Director."

Dear AERA Members:

We are writing to you because of the emergency nature of a health situation affecting one of our members. Juan Gutierrez, an active member of AERA, is in dire need of a match for a bone marrow transplant. It is the one option remaining for him to overcome his struggle with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Matches are difficult to find, and many patients die before one is found. Juan is seeking to find a match and also to find potential donors for others faced with his circumstance.

We are sending Juan's letter to you in the hope that some AERA member or a friend of an AERA member (we are some 25,000 strong) will follow up on this plea and lead to the match that Juan needs. The Hispanic Research Issues SIG shared this information with us in an effort to reach widely across the AERA community.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Sincerely,

Eva Baker
President

Gloria Ladson-Billings
Past President

Felice J. Levine
Executive Director
__________________________________
Priority: normal
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 10:55:35 -0700
Reply-To: Hispanic Research SIG
Sender: Hispanic Research SIG
From: Juan Gutierrez
Subject: [HISPANICRESEARCHSIG-L] Need Bone Marrow Donors
To: HISPANICRESEARCHSIG-L@LIST.UNM.EDU

Dear Colleagues:

As many of you know, I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in May of 2001. I received various types of treatment and until January 2004, I was in remission. In July of 2005, the leukemia returned and has advanced to the point that I am producing 70% cancerous white blood cells. The doctors at Kaiser and City of Hope believe that the only option for a cure for me is to have a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT). Originally, one of my brothers and a sister were found to be compatible donors for me. Unfortunately, due to recent, serious health problems of their own, they cannot serve as donors. I am now one of the 3000 patients that search the National Marrow Donor Program? (NMDP) daily, hoping to find a life-saving marrow match.

Currently, there are about 150,000 Southern Californians registered in the National Marrow Donor Registry and two million at the national level. It is urgent that new donors be found for me and so many others who are waiting for a transplant. Each year, 30,000 new patients are diagnosed with leukemia, aplastic anemia or any of 60 other life-threatening diseases that could be cured with a bone marrow transplant, if a match is found for those individuals. Only 30 percent of these patients are likely to have a family member who can donate. Finding a bone marrow match is a difficult process. Nearly one-half of those in need of a transplant die before a match is found. According to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (http://lls.org/hm_lls), leukemia is the leading cause of disease-related death among children under the age of 15 and strikes twice as many adults. The survival rate for myeloma is 30%; the incidence is twice as high among African Americans as for all other races. People of all races and ethnic backgrounds are victims of blood cancers. That is why it is urgent that we increase the number and diversity of the pool of bone marrow donors. There is a special need for Black and African Americans, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and Latinos. I urge you to seriously consider becoming a donor. You are greatly needed.

HOW YOU CAN HELP:
You if are interested in being a bone marrow donor, not just for me but also to the thousands of individuals who need to find a match, it is as simple as a blood test. The blood test to be a stem cell donor is called Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA). The HLA is drawn from your white cells to determine if you can be a bone marrow donor for me for anyone else that has your genetic marker. This is how you can help

The City of Hope is willing to assist you in hosting a bone marrow drive on your campus. Please contact Lisa Longoria, Community Outreach Specialist at (626) 359-8111 ext 63812 or at llongoria@coh.org.

If anyone is interested in hosting a drive that is out of state, she will connect you with a donor center for your university and state.

*If you wish to make a tax deductible contribution, please contact the City of Hope at their website: http://www.cityofhope.org

TO FIND OUT IF YOU CAN BE A DONOR FOR ME:
*When you have your blood drawn, ask for your 9-digit number and your results will be sent to you with your ID number within three to four weeks. You can then fax the report with your ID number to the City of Hope at (626) 301-8349 in care of Stem Cell donor with my name on it, Juan M. Gutierrez. The results will be tested much faster. You must be in relatively good health and under sixty years of age.

If you are one of the lucky ones to be a donor for someone, you can contact the following for more information on the process: http://www.marrow.org/DONOR/steps_of_donation.html

As a donor you can know that you have given someone and their family members a new beginning on life. This trial has taught me that all we have are faith in our abilities to overcome and hope that our life will be better.

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