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ERIC Number: EJ672041
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-0534
Taking the Road Less Traveled: A Reply to Edmondson and Shannon.
Arnold, Michael
Journal of Research in Rural Education, v18 n1 p39-41 Spr 2003
Rural education scholars may be biased advocates of small schools or they may accept the values of the scientific community. An analysis of a rural Pennsylvania district's failure to receive Reading First funding did not provide enough information to determine why the proposal was rejected. The article's arguments about "privatization" lacked substantiation and played to the emotions. (TD)
Descriptors: Bias, Criticism, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Incentive Grants, Policy Analysis, Politics of Education, Reading Instruction, Rural Education, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Methodology, State School District Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Pennsylvania; Reading First