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| Smith, Dan T. | 1 |
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Smith, Dan T.; DeYoung, Alan J. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1988
Outlines the primary arguments and much of the available evidence on desirable school size. Summarizes important factors in the history of U.S. school consolidation. Suggests that the key to the school size debate may be educational control rather than educational quality. Contains 39 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Control, Consolidated Schools, Educational History
DeYoung, Alan J.; McKenzie, Roberta C. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1992
Reviews economic and social science theories on the role of the school in economic development. Presents a case study of an underdeveloped rural Tennessee county where school improvement efforts were unsuccessful because of the sociological, political, economic, and cultural setting in which the school system operates. (KS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Church Role, Economic Development, Educational Change
