Reforming Rural Education : A Look from Both Ends of the Tunnel / Frank W. Lutz and Susan B. Lutz.

Legislated change in rural schools districts may be slow and painful. This paper describes the ambience of a rural Texas K-12 school through the eyes of a new science teacher with northern and urban education experience and through the observations of an outside researcher. Attitudes that learning i...

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Main Authors: Lutz, Frank W.
Lutz, Susan B. (Author)
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987.
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Physical Description:34 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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