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Peer reviewedDeYoung, Alan J. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1989
Argues that the "social capital" provided to schools by parent and community involvement has been eroded in rural areas by school consolidation, centralization, and urban models, placing all rural students at risk. Traces this erosion in one rural West Virginia school district. Contains 19 references. (SV)
Descriptors: Community Support, Consolidated Schools, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedGates, Gordon S.; Boyter, Gwyn A.; Walker, Judy T.; Hill, Harold – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1998
Addresses the nature of youth violence and its connection to school violence, reviews actions taken as a response to school violence, and identifies the impact violence and its counter-measures have had on the school community. Suggests that educators focus on increasing the sense of community within their schools as both a response to school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Prevention, School Culture, School Role
