Teaching in a Time Machine: The "Make-Do" Mentality in Small-Town Schools.

Cole, Bob

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ERIC Number: EJ377527

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1988

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Teaching in a Time Machine: The "Make-Do" Mentality in Small-Town Schools.

Cole, Bob

Phi Delta Kappan, v70 n2 p139-44 Oct 1988

Half of all 16,023 U.S. school districts are both small and rural. In a decade of nationwide reform, these "forgotten" school districts must fight for survival rather than substantive reform. Teachers in rural Indiana cannot rely on principals for instructional leadership nor on each other for professional enrichment. Includes four references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Low Income States, Poverty Areas, Retrenchment, Rural Schools, Small Schools, Staff Development, Teaching Conditions

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Indiana

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