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Download full textJohnson, Jerry; Strange, Marty; Madden, Karen – Rural School and Community Trust, 2010
This report reviews high school dropout rates and related factors in rural high schools throughout 15 Southern and Southwestern states. These schools are in districts that are among the 800 rural districts with the highest student poverty rate nationally. Seventy-seven percent of the "Rural 800" districts and 87 percent of the students in them are…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Income, Graduation Rate
Johnson, Jerry – Rural School and Community Trust, 2005
In an effort to explore whether resources matter in Mississippi, this study investigates the relationship between: (1) student achievement; and (2) human and fiscal resources among school districts. In considering these relationships, it is important to recognize that the cost of providing an adequate education may vary with the socioeconomic…
Descriptors: High Achievement, School Districts, Academic Achievement, Human Resources
Rural School and Community Trust, 2004
The Southern Rural High School Study Initiative seeks to identify high performing rural high schools in the South, engage education leaders in the region in analyzing the challenges faced by these schools and consider the public policies that might serve to transfer the lessons and strategies used by these schools to other small rural high schools…
Descriptors: Poverty, High Schools, Rural Areas, High Achievement
Johnson, Jerry – Rural School and Community Trust, 2004
Researchers, policymakers, taxpayers, and others have wondered whether "money matters" in the academic achievement of public school students--in other words, do the schools and districts that receive the most (in terms of financial resources) produce the most (in terms of measurable student achievement)? This issue is particularly pressing at the…
Descriptors: High Achievement, State Aid, Language Skills, Academic Achievement
