Friday, October 31, 2008
Rural Reminder
Education Week reports on a roving math professional development program in South Dakota. The state department there is using Title II funds to support the program, which begins with a week long summer seminar and continues as professional developers meet with participating teachers in regional meetings. Professional developers then drive to participants' schools, where they observe and work with teachers. Although the article doesn't mention the state's large rural population, the program seems to designed to help address the challenge of rural educators' access to professional development.
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Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
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Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Rural Reminder
The big news in rural education last week was that when Congress approved the $700 billion plan to stabilize credit markets, it also re-authorized the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which provides federal aid to make up for diminished timber-tax revenues in districts that are home to national forests. Payments go to 700 counties in 39 states; the five largest beneficiaries are Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho, and Montana.
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008
2008 National Rural Education Needs Assessment
Please ask rural folks you know to consider contributing their input to the 2008 National Rural Education Needs Assessment being conducted by the Rural Education Center at Edvantia (RECE). Information from the survey will be used to inform policymakers, educators, and researchers (and, I confess, improve RECE services to clients).
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
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Friday, October 03, 2008
Rural Reminder
Humorist and author Tom Bodett writes about the experience of living in small towns. Here's an excerpt from his blog:
"The only real difference between living in a small town or a big one is that it’s harder to avoid people you don’t like out here. It forces you to get to know them. It requires patience sometimes. And you often have to politely listen to views you don’t agree with. It doesn’t make us bitter, but it does make us better. At least better than we would be."
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
"The only real difference between living in a small town or a big one is that it’s harder to avoid people you don’t like out here. It forces you to get to know them. It requires patience sometimes. And you often have to politely listen to views you don’t agree with. It doesn’t make us bitter, but it does make us better. At least better than we would be."
Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Revised JRRE Article Publication
Please note, this article and it's citation have been revised to reflect the addition of the second author, Jo-Anne Reid, whose name was not included on the original article or email.
Thank you.
Thank you.
The Journal of Research in Rural Education is pleased to announce the publication of vol. 23, no. 7, Placing Teachers? Sustaining Rural Schooling through Place-consciousness in Teacher Education, by Simone White and Jo-Anne Reid.Tags: AERA, small schools, rural, education
Vol. 23, no. 7 may be accessed at: http://jrre.psu.edu/articles/23-7.pdf
The Journal's web page may be accessed on line at: http://www.psu.edu/dept/jrre/
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The Journal of Research in Rural Education publishes research that is of demonstrable relevance to educational issues within rural settings. JRRE welcomes single-study investigations, historical and philosophical analyses, research syntheses, theoretical pieces, and policy analyses from multiple disciplinary perspectives. We welcome manuscripts concerning learning and instruction; preservice and inservice teacher education; educational leadership; educational policy; rural education and community development, and the cultural, historical, and economic context of rural education. Brief commentary on recently published JRRE articles is also appropriate.
Kai Schafft
Assistant Professor
Director, Center on Rural Education and Communities
http://www.ed.psu.edu/crec/home.htm
Editor, Journal of Research in Rural Education
http://jrre.psu.edu
Department of Education Policy Studies
The Pennsylvania State University
310B Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802-3200
PH: 814-863-2031
FAX: 814-865-0070
Trudi Haupt, Staff Assistant
College Student Affairs Program
Center on Rural Education and Communities
Penn State
300 Rackley Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-865-3449
www.ed.psu.edu/csa/
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