Rural schools are vulnerable to imitating the reform standards of national and urban school.
Urban schools, to which much of the research on current reform efforts has been directed …

HOWLEY, WOOD, AND HOUGH 2 throughout the United States have purchased and
installed the sorts of equipment needed for effective instructional applications using various …

Instead of thinking in terms of “urban” or “rural” schools, the authors suggest, it is more
productive to think of high-need versus resource-rich schools. When the problem is framed …

Nearly 27% of American school children attend schools in rural areas or small towns. Forty
percent of all teachers are employed in rural locales, which contain almost half of the …

This piece offers a systematic review of rural (P-12) education technology literature. Drawing
upon a social change frame (Ogburn, 1922), current rural education technology research …

Two movements in school improvement are compared and contrasted: standards-based
reform and rural school improvement efforts that emphasize locally-responsive, place-based …

This study examines how rural elementary school administrators perceive the effects of high-
stakes testing in comparison to suburban and urban elementary administrators. High-stakes …

This chapter aims to provide readers with an overview of some of the primary challenges
facing urban and rural schools today. We will also examine how these challenges affect …

This dissertation contributes to a line of evidence about the role of socioeconomic status
(and related constructs) in mediating the relationship between school (or district) size and …

The most successful school leaders are those who have been able to transform their schools
into centers of deep and ongoing learning by managing relationships (Kaser & Halbert …