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Small schools, education, and the importance of community : pathways to improvement and a sustainable future / Tim Adsit.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adsit, Tim L., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Community and school--United States.
- Community and school.
- School size.
- United States.
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- School size--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 197 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011.
- Summary:
- "This book focuses on three successful approaches for using the school as a catalyst for community development and revitalization, particularly in rural areas. The strategies also work well in suburban and urban areas. Succesful case studies are also included"-- Provided by publisher.
- "Small Schools, Education, and the Importance of Community focuses on three successful approaches for using the school as a catalyst for community development and revitalization, particularly in rural areas. The strategies also work well in suburban and urban areas. The three approaches described include: leadership by K-12 teachers, administrators, and school boards, particularly in the areas of developing schools as community centers, community as curriculum, and school-based economic development. Successful case studies are also included"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Overview 1
- 2 Rural Distress and Survival 5
- 3 Economic, Social, Cultural, Geopolitical, and Environmental Distress in Rural America 9
- 4 Survival: The Small School and the Importance of "Community" 19
- 5 Conclusions about Rural Distress and Survival 37
- 6 Working Together for Success: Small School Leaders' Guide to Resources for Rural Community Development, Revitalization, and Renewal 47.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1610480155
- 9781610480147
- 1610480147
- 9781610480154
- 9781610480161
- 1610480163
- OCLC:
- 698327962
- Publisher Number:
- 99948209935
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