Document Type
Section III Article
Abstract
Rural schools are a fact of life in Iowa. Over 76% of Iowa school districts contain less than 1,000 students, and 91 % contain less than 2,000 students. Even if the new state standards and revised finance formula succeed in forcing districts to share or reorganize into larger regional units, most Iowa school districts will remain rural in nature. So, it is imperative for us to identify and study effective schools in a rural setting. Essentially, research of effective schools has been going on for most of this century, beginning with the progressive reformers of the early 1900's and culminating in effective schools research of the last decade, typified by such publications as A Nation at Risk, A Place Called School, and Iowa's own First in the Nation in Education (F.I.N.E.) report. Additionally, there have been numerous studies attempting to identify the characteristics of effective schools, both elementary and secondary.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
1
Issue
1
First Page
42
Last Page
45
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
Milligan, Michael
(1990)
"Section III: Effective Rural Schools: What We Know, What We Need to Know [Milligan],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/18
