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Why Rural Matters in Pennsylvania
With the third largest rural population in the nation, rural education cannot help but be important in Pennsylvania. Still, rural people constitute less than one-third of this urban state. Rural teachers are well paid compared to other states, but they earn only 84 cents on the dollar compared to other Pennsylvania teachers. Rural schools and classes are fairly big, the percentage of expenditures getting to the classrooms low, and transportation spending high, but school-level administration expenditures are low. There is an urgent need for policy attention to rural schools.
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.
RESEARCH
Why Rural Matters 2003: Summary for Pennsylvania
Natural History Atlas to the Chautauqua-Allegheny Region
LINKS
Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small 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
Aug 03 - Pennsylvania Governor Takes On School Funding Equity
Aug 03 - What Went On in the Pennsylvania State Legislature This Year
Apr 03 - Pennsylvania Residents Favor Changes in School Funding
Aug 02 - Connecting Communities and Classrooms
Jan 02 - Talking to the Press
Oct 01 - Rural Bus Rides: Study finds it's a long, rough road
May 01 - Pennsylvania's www.studentsforchange.net
May 00 - Pennsylvania: A State of Denial on School Funding
Apr 00 - Closing the Spending Gap: Pennsylvania Eyes Equity Finance Options
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