IDEA Partnership: Rural Articles

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The IDEA Partnership is an investment in the stakeholder expertise. We believe that those that are closest to the work have much to share about what works and can be valuable partners in finding new approaches to challenges. Even more importantly, when groups with different perspectives work together, we begin to understand issues in new ways…ways that help us see the possibilities. The IDEA Partnership facilitates interaction and shared work across professional and family organizations around common interests. Our work allows groups to come together around the issues they care about and create initiatives that will actively engage their members.


Rural Education Articles Listed with Full-Text Access from Web-Based Journals and Other Periodicals

Changes in Mastery Goals in Urban and Rural Middle School Students
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2005).
T. M. Freeman & L. H. Anderman.
Full Text – Click on Volume 20 and see No. 1


Conversation and Control: Emergent Progressive Pedagogy in the Last of Nebraska’s One-Teacher Schools
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2005).
S. A. Swidler.
Full Text – Click on Volume 20 and see No. 4


Driving the Lesson Home: Teaching English Language Learners in Rural and Low-Incidence Regions
The ELL Outlook (2006).
S. Auerbach.
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Enclosure Then and Now: Rural Schools and Communities in the Wake of Market-Driven Agriculture
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2006).
P. Theobald & R. S. Rochon.
Full Text – Click on Volume 21 and see No. 12

How Do Rural Schools Fare Under a High Stakes Testing Regime?
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2005).
F. D. Beck & G. W. Shoffstall.
Full Text – Click on Volume 20 and see No. 14


Individual Roles and Approaches to Public Engagement in a Community-University Partnership in a Rural California Town
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2006).
E. Prins.
Full Text – Click on Volume 21 and see No. 7


Minority Exclusion in Small Town America
Poverty and Race (2005).
J. H. Johnson, Jr., A. M. Joyner & A. Parnell.
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Policy Window or Hazy Dream? Policy and Practice Innovations for Creating Effective Learning Environments in Rural Schools
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration & Policy (2007).
D. C. Wallin.
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Preparing Principals for High-Need Rural Schools: A Central Office Perspective About Collaborative Efforts to Transform School Leadership
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2006).
T. Browne-Ferrigno & L. W. Allen.
Full Text – Click on Volume 21 and see No. 1


Rural School Psychology: Re-Opening the Discussion
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2007).
K. L. Clopton & K. Knesting.
Full Text – Click on Volume 21 and see No. 5

Rural School Success: What Can We Learn?
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2007).
Z. A. Barley & A. D. Beesley.
Full Text – Click on Volume 22 and see No. 1


Rural Schools as Regional Centres of e-Learning and the Management of Digital Knowledge: The Case of Newfoundland and Labrador
International Journal of Education & Development using ICT (2006).
K. Stevens.
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Swimming Lessons: How a Dedicated Teacher Changed Life for English Language Learners in a Rural Nebraska Town
The ELL Outlook (2006).
S. Auerbach.
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Technology in Mathematics: Issues in Educating Teacher Candidates for Rural Math Classrooms
Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers (2007).
D. P. Franz & P. F. Hopper.
Full Text – See the second title


The Assessment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Rural Primary Care: The Portability of the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines to the Real World
Pediatrics (2005).
J. Polaha, S. L. Cooper, T. Meadows,
& C. J. Kratochvil.
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The Small Rural School Principalship: Key Challenges and Cross-School Responses
Journal of Research in Rural Education (2008).
K. Starr & S. White
Full Text – Click on Volume 23 and see No. 5