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ERIC Number: EJ392619
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Districts on the Edge: The Impact of Urban Sprawl on a Rural Community.
Theobald, Paul
Research in Rural Education, v5 n2 p9-15 Spr 1988
Portrays the controversy surrounding schools and education in a rural community experiencing both an influx of urban and suburban newcomers and the effects of urban sprawl. Reports on surveys of student educational attitudes, household information, and outside activities, and on interviews with teachers, school administrators, and residents. Contains 19 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Change, Community Surveys, Culture Conflict, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools, School Attitudes, School Community Relationship, Social Values, Student Attitudes, Urban to Rural Migration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Controversy; Urban Sprawl