Section VI: Redesigning Iowa Rural Schools: Sharing, Restructuring or Consolidating: Introduction

Authors

Document Type

Section VI Article

Abstract

As a group of public school educators, university professors, parents and interested citizens sat together for three days to discuss redesigning of Iowa rural schools, it was evident that this was not going to be an easy task. Many, many issues were discussed and how they impacted the recent (renewed) interest in redesigning Iowa rural schools. As one participant indicated, "School restructuring is much more than an educational issue. It addresses the very social fabric of rural Iowa or possibly the entire state .... " Conference participants who had an interest in the restructuring segment of the conference held strong beliefs about rural education and what the history of the educational process has achieved over the past century. No one was willing to eliminate rural schools but more of a realistic attitude that some restructuring needs to take place and it should be done in an orderly, systematic process based on researchable and factual information, not on the perceived will or whim of the state legislature.

Journal Title

Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series

Volume

1

Issue

1

First Page

93

Last Page

95

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

(1990) "Section VI: Redesigning Iowa Rural Schools: Sharing, Restructuring or Consolidating: Introduction," Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 1: No. 1, Article 35.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol1/iss1/35