Children at Risk in America's Rural Schools: Economic and Cultural Dimensions.

Autor/in	DeYoung, Alan J.
Institution	American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA.
Titel	Children at Risk in America's Rural Schools: Economic and Cultural Dimensions.
Quelle	(1993), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Consolidated Schools; Educational Strategies; Educationally Disadvantaged; Elementary Secondary Education; High Risk Students; Rural Education; Rural Schools; School Closing; School Community Relationship; School Districts; Student School Relationship; West Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Lehrstrategie; Problemschüler; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; School closings; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); School district; Schulbezirk; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung
Abstract	The problems of rural students at risk of school failure and incompletion are in many ways similar to problems of urban low-income children and young people. These problems include poverty, unemployed parents, substance abuse, low self-esteem, child abuse, and sexual activity. However, children in many chronically depressed and isolated rural communities also face the educational disadvantages of underfunded schools, family and community values that are inconsistent with modern career orientations and instrumental schooling, and loss of local schools due to consolidation. A case study of Braxton County, West Virginia, and its school system focuses on a small town, Burnsville, and its one remaining school building, which houses elementary and middle schools. Continued economic decline since the 1930s led to massive outmigration, and both factors diminished the local tax base and prompted school consolidation. In the face of a high prevalence of at-risk factors, the school district has pursued several strategies: (1) implementation of "effective schools" guidelines, such as high expectations and emphasis on basic academic skills; (2) district support of community libraries and youth programs; (3) aggressive pursuit of outside grants for supplemental programs; (4) development of caring school environments that enhance children's self-concept; (5) dropout prevention through student advocacy teams; and (6) student visits to businesses and higher education institutions. (SV)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC