This manuscript examines the current health and vitality of two rural communities with similar beginnings but contrasting present day circumstances. The two towns have existed alongside one another, only 5 miles apart, for well over 100 years. The writer explores a variety of circumstances for each community that appear to have been set in place by a series of events over a span of several decades. The decisions and occurances, and respective outcome,may have become \u27tipping points\u27 that impacted, or more so, determined a set of identifiable contemporary outcomes
Rural schools are a central pillar in the communities in which they belong. They offer not only educ...
There are many rural towns in the United States that are struggling economically. While many suffer...
This is the published version.Rural communities everywhere face ongoing questions about their resili...
Thesis (Ed.D.)-- Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Counseling, Educational Le...
There is a well-documented pattern in rural areas across the plains, as well as in other parts of th...
Valley View is a typical New England small rural community located in northeastern Vermont which rec...
This thesis addresses the following research question: In what ways do rural schools support or unde...
This special issue of Great Plains Research focuses on rural communities and school consolidation. I...
Rural school success is crucial for the Nebraska education system. Without rural schools, many stude...
Rural Nebraska faces economic uncertainties that perplex state leadership. The public school system ...
During the 1980s crisis in the agricultural economy, some observers claimed that many towns were too...
This paper attempts to capture some of the controversy schools and education experience in rural com...
How do a school and a community interact? This question guided this dissertation examining one rural...
In this study, a community resilience model is utilized to explore the impacts of a rural school’s c...
Rural school success is crucial for the Nebraska education system. Without rural schools, many stude...
Rural schools are a central pillar in the communities in which they belong. They offer not only educ...
There are many rural towns in the United States that are struggling economically. While many suffer...
This is the published version.Rural communities everywhere face ongoing questions about their resili...
Thesis (Ed.D.)-- Wichita State University, College of Education, Dept. of Counseling, Educational Le...
There is a well-documented pattern in rural areas across the plains, as well as in other parts of th...
Valley View is a typical New England small rural community located in northeastern Vermont which rec...
This thesis addresses the following research question: In what ways do rural schools support or unde...
This special issue of Great Plains Research focuses on rural communities and school consolidation. I...
Rural school success is crucial for the Nebraska education system. Without rural schools, many stude...
Rural Nebraska faces economic uncertainties that perplex state leadership. The public school system ...
During the 1980s crisis in the agricultural economy, some observers claimed that many towns were too...
This paper attempts to capture some of the controversy schools and education experience in rural com...
How do a school and a community interact? This question guided this dissertation examining one rural...
In this study, a community resilience model is utilized to explore the impacts of a rural school’s c...
Rural school success is crucial for the Nebraska education system. Without rural schools, many stude...
Rural schools are a central pillar in the communities in which they belong. They offer not only educ...
There are many rural towns in the United States that are struggling economically. While many suffer...
This is the published version.Rural communities everywhere face ongoing questions about their resili...