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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Planning for the Future: An Investigation of Work-Bound Rural Youth
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Hutchins, Bryan C.; Meece, Judith L.; Byun, Soo-yong; Farmer, Thomas W. – Rural Educator, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the postsecondary educational and occupational expectations of work-bound rural youth. Three groups of work-bound youth were identified (work-bound, work-bound with future educational plans, and work-bound but unsure/undecided about postsecondary education), and each group was compared to college-bound…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Occupational Aspiration, Family Characteristics, Investigations
Supporting Online Learning for Advanced Placement Students in Small Rural Schools: Conceptual Foundations and Intervention Components of the Facilitator Preparation Program
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Irvin, Matthew J.; Hannum, Wallace H.; Farmer, Thomas W.; de la Varre, Claire; Keane, Julie – Rural Educator, 2009
This paper examines the need for interventions to support students who are taking advanced placement courses in small rural districts and describes the Facilitator Preparation Program (FPP) as a strategy to address this need. Issues in the delivery of Online Distance Education (ODE) in small rural schools are summarized and the conceptual…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High Schools, Advanced Placement Programs, Distance Education
Adequate Yearly Progress in Small Rural Schools and Rural Low-Income Schools
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Farmer, Thomas W.; Leung, Man-Chi; Banks, Jonathan; Schaefer, Victoria; Andrews, Bruce; Murray, Robert Allen – Rural Educator, 2006
Adequate yearly progress (AYP) on No Child Left Behind criteria was examined for a randomly selected sample of districts that qualify for the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP). The sample involved 10% of districts that were eligible for the Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA) program and 10% that were eligible for the Rural and…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement, Rural Education