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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Rural school districts"”.
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A Survey of Several Contiguous Rural School Districts for 1948-1949
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A study of school housing facilities in small rural school districts of San Joaquin County
… will show whether or not there is a need for a school housing program in the small rural school districts in San Joaquin County, California. The study is justified by a comparison of the present conditions of the schools to a set of standards for good schoolhouse construction which have been …
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School governance in New Hampshire: Revisiting a study of school board -superintendent relations in small rural school districts
… in 1988, through (1) questionnaires given to school board members and superintendents and (2) follow-up interviews with board members and superintendents. The same written survey instruments were used. The same interview questions were used with the addition of several questions that inquired …
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A latent class analysis of professional development opportunities for special education teachers in rural school districts: Implications for preventing attrition
… education teachers, projections indicate that rural communities are disproportionally impacted (Levin et al., 2015). Despite professional development being widely identified in the literature as a possible method for improving teacher quality and readiness in rural schools, and thereby …
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Exploring the Role of the Principal in Elementary Teacher Retention and Migration as Perceived by Elementary Teachers in Rural School Districts of North-Central Pennsylvania
… and teacher retention and migration in the rural elementary schools of north-central Pennsylvania.</p> <p>Method. To explore the role of the principal, this sequentially mixed-methodological study used a focus group to identify elementary teachers' perception of principal support, a survey …
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Teacher Retention and Turnover in Small, Remote, Rural Schools in Missouri
… factors influencing teachers in small, remote, rural school districts to continue teaching or to leave their teaching position. Additionally, this study sought to identify specific things district-level administrators could do influence teacher retention rates in small, remote, rural school …
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Building leadership stability : exploring the relationship between superintendent tenure and principal retention rate
… 08/01/2026] Superintendent tenure is critical to school district stability, whereas principal retention is significant to school success. Retaining principals is among superintendents' key tasks, but the relationship between a superintendent's tenure in a school district and the rate at which …
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Estimating the efficiency of michigan's rural and urban public school districts
… examined student achievement in Michigan public school districts to determine if rural school districts are demonstrating greater financial efficiency by producing higher levels of student achievement than school districts in other geographic locations with similar socioeconomics. Three models …
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The Rural School District: To Survive and Thrive, A Look at Schools In The Upper Peninsula Of Michigan And How They Serve Their Communities Today And In The Future
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine small rural school districts in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, in order to better understand how they serve their local communities, both today and in tomorrow’s evolving world. Seven rural school districts in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were part …
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Teacher unionism and empowerment in rural Illinois school districts
… the problem of how teacher unionism in rural school districts relates to teacher empowerment within those districts. Specifically, the study attempts to examine which variables describing teacher unions in rural unit school districts in Illinois influence union presidents', …
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Preferences for Alternative Educational Programming in Rural Iowa K-12 Public School Districts
… defeated a bill which would have mandated school district reorganization in Iowa's K-12 public schools with enrollments under three hundred students. These districts would have been required to reorganize with other districts creating a new district of at least six hundred students. This …
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A Descriptive Study on the Use of Balanced Literacy in First Grade Classrooms in Southwest Missouri
… consisted of first grade teachers from fourteen rural school districts in southwest Missouri. Eighty-eight surveys were sent out with a return rate of 72%. The data were analyzed through frequencies and percentages. The survey results showed: (a) teachers did not incorporate every component of …
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Understanding the Role and Capacity Building of Midlevel District Leaders
… of the role of the midlevel leader in two rural school districts, and how these leaders build their own professional capacity. As school districts are being recognized as a necessity for improved student achievement, the role of the midlevel leader has become pivotal, linking district …
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A Study of Teachers' Opinions Toward and Knowledge of Rural Gifted and Talented
… was conducted to determine the awareness of rural elementary classroom teachers regarding their role in identifying and instructing creative and academically gifted students. A comprehensive review of the talented and gifted concept, based on research findings, was presented. An opinionnaire …
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Leading for change : teacher leaders changing the instructional landscape.
… in providing instructional support in small, rural school districts to evaluate how teacher leaders conducting action coaching impacts instructional practices, teacher support, and leadership opportunities, ultimately fostering teachers by design. This mixed-methods studied was conducted in …
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Enhancing situational awareness when addressing critical incidents at suburban and rural schools
… vulnerabilities in suburban and rural school district facilities and operations throughout New York State. An evaluation of the resources and technologies available to first responders (police, fire, and EMS personnel) was conducted through a survey instrument delivered to …
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Is There a Difference Between the Degree to Which African-Americans are Studied in Represented Rural, Suburban, and Urban School Districts?
… in a variety of elementary, middle, and high schools. Ninety surveys were distributed in urban, suburban, and rural school districts in western New York. The subjects were classroom teachers who responded to the surveys. The survey was designed to find out how teachers are representing …
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