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Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1984
Student achievement, cost, rural context, and qualitative differences relative to small/rural schools were analyzed in Alberta to address the choice between small elementary school construction and school consolidation with student busing. Studies in both the United States and Canada have found no consistant significant differences in student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Consolidated Schools
Bagby, Jane; And Others – 1985
A review of studies conducted from 1973-1984 shows continuing inequalities between rural Appalachian and non-Appalachian school districts in Kentucky, particularly in the areas of expenditures, sources of revenue, and holding power. The gap between Appalachian and non-Appalachian school systems in per pupil expenditures and the percentage of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Coal, Community Attitudes, Comparative Analysis
