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Why Rural Matters in West Virginia
Among the top 10 states in percentage of people in rural communities (3rd), rural children in poverty (3rd), students in rural schools (5th), schools in rural communities (8th), and students in small rural schools (9th), rural education is crucially important in West Virginia, and is in urgent need of policy attention. It has the lowest rural per capita income in the nation and spends more of its rural education dollar busing kids around than any other state. Still, rural school administrative costs are average and money getting to the classroom is above median.
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
"The Devil Is in the Details" Explores Rural-Sensitive NCLB Implementation in West Virginia and 14 Other States
Why Rural Matters 2003: Summary for West Virginia
Small Schools: Why They Provide the Best Education for Low-Income Children. From Challenge West Virginia (PDF format)
The Disappearing Local School in Two Appalachian States (by Craig Howley)
Whatever Happened to Pauley vs. Bailey, The Story of the Politics of Education in West Virginia
LINKS
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
Oct 03 - West Virginia Joins Other States and NEA in Challenge to No Child Left Behind Act
Jul 03 - What Went On in the West Virginia State Legislature This Year
Jun 03 - 'Closing Costs': A Summary of an Award Winning Look at School Consolidation in West Virginia, a State Where It Has Been Tried Aggressively
Apr 03 - McDowell County People's Plan for Excellence
Feb 03 - After 27 Years, Case Closed in West Virginia
Feb 03 - West Virginia Groups Sue to Stop School Consolidation
Feb 03 - Poll Finds Majority of West Virginians Oppose School Consolidation
Jan 03 - State Governors Vow to Save Education Budgets; Others Expect Cuts
Jan 03 - West Virginia Court Backs Out of School Finance Enforcement
Jan 03 - West Virginia Groups Sue to Stop School Consolidation
Dec 02 - Teachers Seeking Grants to Fund Schools: Sign of Underfunding in High Poverty Areas
Nov 02 - If You Resist, They Will Audit
Nov 02 - Lengthy Bus Rides, Routes Problems of Consolidation
Oct 02 - In West Virginia, the Beat Goes On
Aug 02 - Closing Costs: School Consolidation in West Virginia
Aug 02 - Five State-Level Rural Organizations Launch Rural Equity Collaborative
Jul 02 - West Virginia Court Says School Board Blocked Citizen Participation
Jul 02 - West Virginia Plans for Mega-School on Hold
Mar 02 - West Virginia School Consolidation Nixed by Citizens, Teachers
Feb 02 - Bus Accident on Route that "Causes No Harm"
Feb 02 - Chef Cooks Up a Community Development Harvest in Rural West Virginia
Dec 01 - Building Community Leaders in West Virginia
Jun 01 - Ford Grant Funds Equity Collaborative
Feb 01 - Good Neighbors: Study Links Achievement with Connections
Nov 00 - Lesson from the Field: Document Everything
May 00 - Declining Enrollment: Silent Killer of Rural Communities
May 00 - Long School Bus Rides: Stealing the Joy of Childhood
Aug 99 - West Virginia Methodists Support Shorter Bus Rides
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