Why Rural Schools Matter /

From headlines to documentaries, urban schools are at the center of current debates about education. From these accounts, one would never know that 51 million Americans live in rural communities and depend on their public schools to meet not only educational but also social and economic needs. For m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tieken, Mara Casey (Author)
Other Authors: Scruggs, Sally Fry (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Education, Rural.
Children with social disabilities > Education.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Rural.
EDUCATION > Reference.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Essays.
Enfants socialement defavorises > Éducation > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enfants socialement defavorises > Éducation > États-Unis.
Enseignement en milieu rural > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Enseignement en milieu rural > États-Unis.
Children with social disabilities > Education > United States > Case studies.
Children with social disabilities > Education > United States.
Education, Rural > United States > Case studies.
Education, Rural > United States.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Why Rural Schools Matter; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Meaning of a School; Chapter Two: Rural Histories; Chapter Three: Researching Rural; Chapter Four: Where the Heart Is; Chapter Five: The Ties That Bind; Chapter Six: The Topography of Race; Chapter Seven: The Substance of Community; Chapter Eight: Our Only Hope; Chapter Nine: The Possibility of Public Education; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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