ERIC Number: EJ618707
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Publication Date: 2000
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They Wouldn't Teach Anywhere Else: Three of the Region's Award-Winning Educators Sing the Praises of Living, Working, and Learning in Small Communities.
Boss, Suzie
Northwest Education, v6 n2 p28-33 Win 2000
Award-winning teachers from rural Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho discuss their innovative programs and the advantages of small-town life and small schools. Teachers, students, and community members know each other and participate in school activities, teachers have more flexibility and control over what they teach, bureaucracy is minimized, and place-based projects make education relevant for students. (TD)
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, Place Based Education, Relevance (Education), Rural Schools, School Community Relationship, Science Instruction, Small Schools, Small Towns, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Experience
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Alaska; Idaho; Oregon
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