Why Rural Schools Matter
By Mara Casey Tieken
246 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 1 map, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-1848-7
Published: October 2014 -
E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-1-4696-1849-4
Published: October 2014 -
E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-4602-0
Published: October 2014
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About the Author
Mara Tieken is assistant professor of education at Bates College and coauthor of Inside Urban Charter Schools: Promising Practices and Strategies in Five High-Performing Schools.
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Reviews
"An excellent example of scholarship that will lead to greater interest in and understanding of the field of rural education.” —Journal of Research in Rural Education
“A thorough and well-researched look into the impact and history of rural schools and how that story has changed over time as a result of an increasing focus on urban schools. . . . Adds an important voice to the current conversation about education reform.” —Tennessee Libraries
"Ambitious, evocatively and engagingly written, and passionately argued, Tieken's volume represents a critical contribution to scholarship on the relationship between rural schools and the communities they serve." —Kai Schafft, Pennsylvania State University
"In an educational climate frequently dominated by issues related to urban schooling, this is a vibrant and timely story that must be told." —Cheryl Mason Bolick, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill