Document Type
Section III Article
Abstract
There seems to be many changes taking place in education throughout the country. Everyone has taken it upon themselves to achieve excellence in education. The changes are from thoughts of reorganization, setting higher standards and to open enrollment.
What we do know is that education in Iowa must be very good when it can consistently rank number one or two when compared with other school systems throughout the country. Iowa students rank at the top of college entrance exams and ranked first in the American College Testing Program (ACT) and first and second in the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).
There are 433 school districts in Iowa with a total enrollment of 478,463. Des Moines is the largest with 29,992 students and Havelock-Plover being the smallest with 91 students. Many Iowa school districts are experiencing declining enrollments. Total public school enrollment has declined 128,508 students since 1977-78.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
32
Last Page
34
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1990 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Keller, Evelyn
(1990)
"Section III: Effective Rural Schools: What We Know, What We Need to Know [Keller],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 15.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/15
