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Download full textHowley, Aimee; Howley, Craig B. – Rural Educator, 2005
Policymakers and educators see professional development as a way to improve the quality of instruction in classrooms across the nation, but the empirical literature linking professional development to improved student achievement is extremely thin. Logically, though, it would seem that the right kinds of professional development would improve…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Research Utilization, Politics of Education, Teacher Effectiveness
Ramage, Rob; Howley, Aimee – Rural Educator, 2005
This article reports findings from a study of the perceptions of parents about the experience of long bus rides on their children. Twenty-six parents, whose homes were located on the longest bus route in a rural Midwestern school district, provided interviews regarding the experiences of a total of 37 students. In the analysis of the interview…
Descriptors: School Buses, Rural Schools, Parent Attitudes, Interviews
Peer reviewedJohnson, Steven; Howley, Aimee – Rural Educator, 2001
A survey completed by 161 Ohio school board presidents examined superintendent selection practices and how they related to district size and rurality-urbanicity. Overall, board presidents preferred recommended practices (such as use of professional consultants and uniform selection criteria) over traditional ones. However, board presidents from…
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Rural Schools
