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ERIC Number: EJ580380
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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School at the Center: Mending Breaks in the Broken Heartland.
Olson, Paul A.
Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, v2 n2 p10-13 Aug 1997
Addressing the "death of hope" in rural Nebraska during the 1980s farm crisis, the "School at the Center" project engages rural schools and communities in active learning projects: housing or historic-building repair, environmental repair, microenterprise development, exploration of local cultural heritage, and technology applications. Sidebars profile seven school/community projects. (SV)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Community Development, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Local History, Oral History, Rural Education, School Community Programs, School Community Relationship, Student Projects
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nebraska
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