ERIC Number: ED495978
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 6
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In Pursuit of Best Practices: A Research Agenda for Rural Education in Illinois. Rural Research Report. Volume 16, Issue 7, Summer 2005
Collins, Timothy
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
This report discusses the need for a research agenda to understand how rural public schools can work with their communities to improve student performance while building the community. It focuses on the potential strengths of school-community relationships. Described herein are four community engagement models a school can adopt: (1) School as Community Center, a lifelong learning center, and a vehicle for delivering services; (2) Community as Curriculum, emphasizing the community in all of its complexities as part of students' learning activities in the classroom; (3) School as a Developer of Entrepreneurial skills, suggesting that small businesses, including knowledge-based enterprises, can create new jobs, especially if they find the right market niche; and (4) Schools and Technology, in which new technologies help build and preserve community while linking students to the rest of the world. [Portions of this report are adapted from the author's article, "Rural Schools and Their Communities: Perspectives on Interdependence," which was published in the Winter 2001 issue of "The ERIC Review."]
Descriptors: Small Businesses, Rural Education, Learning Centers (Classroom), Lifelong Learning, Community Centers, School Community Relationship, Rural Schools, Educational Research, Agenda Setting, Academic Achievement, Indigenous Knowledge, Demonstration Programs, Role of Education, Entrepreneurship, Computer Mediated Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Community Development, Economic Development
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs. Western Illinois University, 518 Stipes Hall, 1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455. Tel: 309-298-2637; Fax: 309-298-2142; Web site: http://www.iira.org
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Western Illinois Univ., Macomb. Illinois Inst. for Rural Affairs.
Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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