Contributor
Schafft, Kai A., 1964-
Imprint:University Park, Penn. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.
Descriptionix, 311 p. ; 23 cm.
Note:Introduction: Rural education and community in the 21st century / Kai A. Schafft, Alecia Youngblood Jackson -- PART 1: SPACES OF IDENTITY: Learning to be rural: identity lessons from history, schooling, and the U.S. corporate media / Paul Theobald, Kathy Wood -- Poverty and school achievement in rural communities: a social-class interpretation / Craig B. Howley, Aimee Howley -- "The drama of their daily lives": racist language and struggles over the local in a rural high school / Susan L. Groenke, Jan Nespor -- Fields of discourse: a Foucauldian analysis of schooling in a rural, U.S. southern town / Alecia Youngblood Jackson -- PART 2: PLACING EDUCATION: The challenges of student transiency for rural schools and communities in the era of No Child Left Behind / Kai A. Schafft, Kieran M. Killeen, John Morissey -- Wharf talk, home talk, and school talk: the politics of language in a coastal community / Michael Corbett -- Globalization, asymmetric urbanization, and rural disadvantage in Sub-Saharan Africa / Sarah Girous, Fatou Jah, Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue -- Teaching school in rural America: toward an educated hope / Jacqueline Edmondson, Thomas Butler -- PART 3: TEACHING COMMUNITIES: Tribally controlled colleges and universities: global influence and local design / Susan C. Faircloth, John W. Tippeconnic III -- The golden cage of rural college access: how higher education can respond to the rural life / Patricia M. McDonough, R. Evely Gildersleeve, Karen McClafferty Jarsky -- Opening their eyes: e-learning for rural and isolated communities in Australia / Stephen Crump, Kylie Twyford -- Advocating for English language learners: U.S. teacher leadership in rural Texas schools / Rebecca M. Bustamante, Genevieve Brown, Beverly J. Irby -- Growing up rural and moving toward family-school partnerships: special educators reflect on biography and place / Gretchen Butera, Lisa Humphreys Costello -- Conclusion: Economics, community, and rural education: rethinking the nature of accountability in the 21st century / Kai A. Schafft.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:"A collection of essays examining the various social, cultural, and economic intersections of rural place and global space, as viewed through the lens of education. Explores practices that offer both problems and possibilities for the future of rural schools and communities, in the United States and abroad"--Provided by publisher.
