Fellow Rural Researchers:

Attached are the calls for papers and presentations for the 2007 Convention and Research Symposium for the National Rural Education Association!

The Symposium tends to feature scholarly research projects, and draws researchers from the US and abroad to exchange ideas and findings in rural education, and link them to the needs of rural teachers and administrators. Projects at past Symposia have been from university and college faculty, teachers, administrators, researchers at educational labs and centers, and others. Conference presentations tend to focus on strategies and practice directly.

Consider how your work, or the work of others you know, could enrich all of us at the Symposium or Conference. The NREA National Research Committee looks forward to seeing your work!

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

Pat Hardre, Ph.D.
Chair, NREA National Research Committee

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National Rural Education Association
CALL FOR RURAL RESEARCH
2007
NREA Research Symposium
November 10-11, 2007
Hilton Garden Inn Hotel
and
Clarion Convention Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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prologue to
NREA CENTENNIAL CONVENTION
November 12-14, 2007
Hosted By:
Organization of Rural Oklahoma Schools

“NREA: Crossing Into Our Next Century”
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dear Rural Education Researcher:

the National Rural Education association will host the NREa Research symposium on November 10-11, 2007; at the hilton Garden inn hotel and Clarion Convention Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. the NREa Research symposium will precede the NREaCentennial Convention, which is scheduled on November 12-14, 2007. Registration for the NREa Research symposium will be $150, unless you register for the NREa Centen-nial Convention. Registration for the NREa Centennial Convention provides a free regis-tration for the NREa Research symposium.

You are invited to submit a proposed presentation for the NREa Research sympo-sium. all manuscripts will be peer reviewed based on a uniform rubric. this invitation is extended to you in an effort to assemble outstanding rural education researchers in a forum devoted solely to rural education issues and research. the NREa plans for the NREa Research symposium to become the premier event in rural education research. Please plan to provide the NREa information about your proposed presentation on a disc in PowerPoint, PdF format, or email. also, symposium presenters will be invited to sub-mit their manuscripts for publication in the Rural Educator, a peer-edited publication of the NREa.

the NREa Executive Committee has established a $500 award, the howard a. dawson best Research Paper award will be presented to the author of the paper that is judged to be the best Research Paper. the award will be presented at the symposium and the recip-ient of the award will present the best Research Paper during the Research symposium.

a draft program for the 2007 NREa Research symposium is attached.

Please review the list of presentation strands that could be included in the symposium. studies chosen will be blocked in presentation clusters, with no more than two presenta-tions per cluster. Clusters will be designed to summarize the research and generate inter-action between the presenters and the audience.

Please contact bob Mooneyham; Executive director of the NREa, bmooneyham@ou.edu; or Patricia hardre; Chair of the NREa Research Committee, hardre@ou.edu; for additional information about the NREa Research symposium.

sincerely,
Pat hardre, Chair NREa Research

bob Mooneyham
Committee Executive director
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NREA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUMPROPOSED PRESENTATION STRAINS
Rural Curriculum/design/theory
student achievement
Poverty in Rural america
distance learning
Rural Education leadership
Rural school administration
Rural Education and Economic development
Early Childhood Education
diversity in Rural Education
Rural demographics
Program Evaluation and development
Professional development
accountability in Rural schools
idEa
No Child left behind
Effective Rural schools
student assessment
Migrant Education
Rural school Organization/Consolidation
Other Rural issues
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CALL FOR RURAL RESEARCH
2007 NREA RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
APPLICATION FORM
November 10-11, 2007
Hilton Garden Inn Hotel
and
Clarion Convention Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2007

Conducted in conjunction with the NREa Centennial Convention, November 12-14, 2007.

Please complete and submit the submission Outline. Please follow the submission Outline.
include directory information for each presenter.
include your name or an electronic signature with the binder statement.
the submission Outline is available on the 2007 NREa Research symposium link at www.nrea.net.

SUBMISSION OUTLINEPREsENtatiON titlE:

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dEsCRiPtiON: a brief, proofed description (30 words or less) of your presentation as it is to appear in the program must be attached.

sUMMaRY: a 2000-word digital summary of the research project for initial peer review. a copy of the presentation on a disc in PowerPoint, PdF format, or email will be requested if the research proposal is chosen to be presented at the sympo-sium. the NREa Research Committee will select the howard a. dawson best Research Paper award prior to the NREa Research symposium. as a service to attendees, all presentation manuscripts may be compiled digitally for distribution. this does not constitute publication or preclude researchers submitting their work for publication following the symposium.

FORMat: Manuscripts will be presented in clusters, with two presentations per cluster. time will be provided for commen-tary and discussion during each 75 minute time period.

a screen, overhead projector, and flip chart will be provided by NREa. special equipment such as a computer, lCd, VCR, or television, must be furnished by the presenter or arranged by the presenter through the convention hotel. if your presenta-tion is accepted, further information will be sent concerning audiovisual equipment.

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all presenters must register and pay the registration fee. i agree i will register for the symposium or Convention. i understand iwill not be reimbursed for any expenses. symposium registration will be $150.00, Joint symposium/Convention registration will be $295.00. Registration includes meals and breaks.

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sUbMit aPPliCatiON tO:
bmooneyham@ou.edu

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Fellow Rural Researchers:

Attached are the calls for nominations for the 2007 Awards for the National Rural Education Association!
Consider a recent doctoral recipient for the Chance Award, or an outstanding Researcher for the Brzezinski Award.

Qualifications, Nomination Guidelines, and Submission instructions are on the attached Calls.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Best,

Pat Hardre, Ph.D.
Chair, NREA National Research Committee

National Rural Education Association
edward w. chance memorial
2007 rural education dissertation award

Announcement And ApplicAtion
nrea centennial convention and research Symposium
“nrea: crossing into our next century”
november 10-14, 2007
oklahoma city, oklahoma
hosted byorganization of rural oklahoma Schools
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edward w. chance memorial2007
rUral edUcaTion diSSerTaTion award
$500.00

The National Rural Education Association sponsors the Edward W. Chance Memorial Rural Education Dissertation Award. The award is funded by the Chance Family, through the NREA Foundation, to recognize doctoral research which makes a significant contribution to rural education and addresses issues of current concern. Topics could include, but not limited to: issues of rural school leadership; rural school finance; student/rural community expectations; rural educators; recognizing diversity in rural schools; alternative organi-zational and instructional patterns for rural schools, including the use of technology; and rural education poli-cy issues. The dissertation judged most meritorious will receive the award and the winner will be recognized at the NREA Centennial Convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 12-14, 2007.

An individual is eligible for this award from the time that the dissertation is completed to two years after completion of the degree.

Application Process: Due Date: June 15, 2007

1. Submit a digital copy of a 20-page summary of the dissertation by June 15, 2007.

2. The summary should cover, as closely as possible, the following aspects of the study: The problem statement, the research question, methodology, findings, conclusions, and significance of the study to rural education.

3. Include biographical and directory information for the author, including name address, telephone numbers, and email address.

4. Degree completion date5. A statement of agreement with NREA to publicize the research through media consistent with association purposes. NREA imposes no infringement in the researcher’s copyright or other publication efforts.

Selection Criteria:

1. Significance of the study to rural education. (30 points)

2. Contribution to knowledge. (30 points)

3. Thoroughness of research. (20 points)

4. Segments reflecting: (10 points)
Problem statement, the research question, methodology, findings, significance, and conclusions.

5. NREA Membership (10 points)

Reservations:

1. Selection, rejection, and judging are the reserved rights of the NREA Research Committee. The Research Committee reserves the option of making appropriate inquiries on any study submitted.

2. NREA assumes the privilege of reproducing all or a portion of the research in the Rural Educator or other professional venues. Failure to allow NREA the opportunity to publish the dissertation findings will result in the revocation of the award and cash prize.

3. NREA reserves the right to acknowledge the researcher’s application to the agency or institution with which the research is associated.

4. A researcher may receive this award only once within a five year period.

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SUbmiT YoUr aPPlicaTion For The 2007 edward w. chance
memorial rUral edUcaTion diSSerTaTion award via email To:
bmooneyham@ou.edu

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National Rural Education Association
2007 BRZEZINSKI AWARD
Sponsored by
The National Rural Education Association
Funded by
The Family of Stanley A. Brzezinski
Announcement and Application

NATIONAL RURAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
2007 STANLEY A. BRZEZINSKI MEMORIAL RURAL EDUCATION RESEARCH AWARD
$500.00

In order to recognize outstanding, high quality research in the field of rural education, the National Rural Education Association sponsors the Stanley A. Brzezinski Memorial Rural Education Research Award. This award, funded by the Brzezinski Family, will be awarded for educational research which addresses significant rural issues and makes notable contributions to the knowledge base of rural education. Research addressing rural education issues is paramount to the selection process. All rural education researchers are eligible to be nominated or to self-nominate for the award. The research could include, but is not limited to, issues of rural school efficiency and effectiveness, rural students’ learning and development, financing rural schools, rural poverty, the rural economy, student/rural community expectations, understanding the diversity of rural administrators, or alternative instructional and organizational patterns for rural education. The research project judged most meritorious will receive the award and the author will be recognized at the NREA Centennial Convention in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on November 12-14, 2007.

Application Process: Due Date: June 15, 2007

Initially, submit a packet that includes the following:

1. Biographical and directory information for the author, including name, address, telephone numbers, and email address.

2. Digital copy of a 500-1000 word summary of the research.

3. Digital abstract of 500 words or less that supports the quality of the research.

4. Copies of the publications, reports, or other documentation produced from the research.

5. A statement of agreement with NREA to publicize the research through media consistent with associa-tion purposes. NREA imposes no infringement in the researcher’s copyright or other publication efforts.

Selection Criteria:

1. Significance of the study to rural education. (30 points)

2. Contribution to knowledge. (30 points)

3. Thoroughness of research. (20 points)

4. Research design. (10 points)

5. NREA membership. (10 points)

Reservations:

1. Selection, rejection, and judging are the reserved rights of the NREA Research Committee. The Research Committee reserves the option of making appropriate inquiries on any study submitted.

2. NREA assumes the privilege of reproducing all or a portion of the research in the Rural Educator or other professional venues.

3. NREA reserves the right to acknowledge the researcher’s application to the agency or institution with which the research is associated.

4. A researcher may receive this award only once within a five year period.

SUBMIT APPLICATION vIA eMAIL TO:
bmooneyham@ou.edu
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