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  Why Rural Matters in Ohio
Ohio has plenty of rural people (more than 2.5 million), but it ranks low on all other Importance indicators. Its rural schools are fairly large and their classes larger; spending on rural school administration is relatively high; and teacher perceptions of parental support are low. Rural teacher pay is decidedly lower than salaries of other Ohio teachers. All this indicates an urgent need for policy attention, with Ohio ranking 11th nationwide on the Urgency Gauge.

From Why Rural Matters 2003: The Continuing Need for Every State to Take Action on Rural Education, February 2003. Learn more about why rural matters in your state.


DeRolph III and Appalachian Ohio's Fight for Equitable School Funding
Rural Action, an Ohio organization has launched the Rural School and Community Organizing Project, which helps citizens to learn about funding and facilities issues, to develop priorities about what they want for their schools, and to translate their ideas into action--and has worked on the DeRolph court case.
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Programs in Ohio
  • Ohio Rural Action
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    • Resources
    RESEARCH
  • Why Rural Matters 2003: Summary for Ohio
  • Ohio's Smaller Schools Counter Effects of Poverty on Student Achievement Effects of Poverty on Student Achievement
  • School Size, Poverty, and Student Achievement: National results summary
  • The Disappearing Local School in Two Appalachian States (by Craig Howley)

    LINKS
  • Coalition of Rural and Appalachian Schools
  • Education Commission of the States
  • National Parent Teacher Association
  • National Public School Locator
  • National Center for Education Statistics
  • Pew Center on the States
  • Rural Education Directory
  • Rural Funders Working Group
  • U.S. Census Bureau
    Action and News
  • Aug 03 - What Went On in the Ohio State Legislature This Year
  • Jul 03 - Resistant Rural States
  • Jul 03 - Ohio School Funding Coalition Seeks Help from U.S. Supreme Court
  • Jun 03 - Ohio Supreme Court Issues Final Decision in State School Funding Case
  • Jun 03 - What Kids Can Do: Ohio Students Join Fight For Equitable School Funding
  • May 03 - Cleveland School Study Finds that Students in Public Schools Fare Better Than Students Using Vouchers for Private Schools
  • Apr 03 - Rural Youth Take Action on School Funding and Facilities in Ohio
  • Apr 03 - Ohio Coalition Goes Back to Court
  • Mar 03 - Ohio's Education Funding Cuts Have Biggest Impacts on Poor Schools
  • Jan 03 - Ohio Supreme Court Joins Arkansas and Tennessee in Finding State School Finance System Unconstitutional
  • Jan 03 - Central Great Lakes Teems with Rural People, Schools
  • Dec 02 - Ohio Supreme Court Joins Arkansas and Tennessee in Finding School Finance System Unconstitutional
  • Oct 02 - Rural Schools Participate in Youth Civic Engagement Initiative
  • Apr 02 - High Stakes in the Supreme Court
  • Dec 01 - Lessons Learned from Ohio's Litigation Efforts: Editorial Comment
  • Oct 01 - McClain High School Renovation Wins National Award
  • Oct 01 - Ohio's DeRolph Decision
  • Sep 01 - Teacher Recruitment and Retention: What works in the Midwest
  • Jun 01 = Notes from the Field: Student Voices at the Ohio Statehouse
  • Jan 01 = A Response on "Ohio Funding Lititgation"
  • Dec 00 - Ohio Finance Litigation: Winning Isn't Everything
  • Jun 00 - Ohio Supreme Court Ruling: Reliance on Property Tax Not Sufficient
  • Nov 99 - Ohio Students Tell Challenge West Virginia that "Kids Can."
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