What Does a School Mean to a Community? Assessing the Social and Economic Benefits of Schools to Rural Villages in New York
Author: Lyson, T.A.
Publication Date: 2002, Winter
Journal: Journal of Research in Rural Education
Journal Volume: 17(3)
Full text available online at: http://www.acclaim-math.org/docs/jrre_archives/v17,n3,p131-137,Lyson.pdf
Brief Description
The author makes a case for the importance of public schools to the vitality of small rural towns, backed by U.S. Census data and school performance data from rural schools in the State of New York. Findings include data that support the need to keep rural schools open in order to maintain a community’s economic, social, and cultural stability.
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