Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ461938
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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Hard Times in Mineral Valley: Rural Decline, Cooperation, and Survival in the Stafford School District.
Miller, Bruce A.
Peabody Journal of Education, v67 n4 p90-117 Sum 1990
Reports on a case study of a rural school district in the U.S. northwest that coped with declining school population and loss of revenues because of closure of mining operations during the 1980s. The report analyzes the problem-solving and decision-making activities which encouraged grass-roots leadership and community cooperation. (SM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Declining Enrollment, Economic Impact, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Informal Leadership, Institutional Survival, Mining, Regional Cooperation, Rural Education, School Districts, Socioeconomic Influences
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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