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.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Rural Education and Community in the Twenty-first Century
Kai A. Schafft and Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Part 1: Spaces of Identity
1. Learning to Be Rural: Identity Lessons from History, Schooling, and the U.S. Corporate Media
Paul Theobald and Kathy Wood
2. Poverty and School Achievement in Rural Communities: A Social-Class Interpretation
Craig B. Howley and Aimee Howley
3. “The Drama of Their Daily Lives”: Racist Language and Struggles over the Local in a Rural High School
Susan L. Groenke and Jan Nespor
4. Fields of Discourse: A Foucauldian Analysis of Schooling in a Rural, U.S. Southern Town
Alecia Youngblood Jackson
Part 2: Placing Education
5. The Challenges of Student Transiency for Rural Schools and Communities in the Era of No Child Left Behind
Kai A. Schafft, Kieran M. Killeen, and John Morrissey
6. Wharf Talk, Home Talk, and School Talk: The Politics of Language in a Coastal Community
Michael Corbett
7. Globalization, Asymmetric Urbanization, and Rural Disadvantage in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sarah Giroux, Fatou Jah, and Parfait Eloundou-Enyegue
8. Teaching School in Rural America: Toward an Educated Hope
Jacqueline Edmondson and Thomas Butler
Part 3: Teaching Communities
9. Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities: Global Influence and Local Design
Susan C. Faircloth and John Tippeconnic III
10. The Golden Cage of Rural College Access: How Higher Education Can Respond to the Rural Life
Patricia M. McDonough and R. Evely Gildersleeve 11. Opening Their Eyes: E-Learning for Rural and Isolated Communities in Australia
Stephen Crump and Kylie Twyford
12. Advocating for English Language Learners: U.S. Teacher Leadership in Rural Texas Schools
Rebecca M. Bustamante, Genevieve Brown, and Beverly J. Irby
13. Growing Up Rural and Moving Toward Family-School Partnerships: Special Educators Reflect on Biography and Place
Gretchen Butera and Lisa Humphreys Costello
Conclusion: Economics, Community, and Rural Education: Rethinking the Nature of Accountability in the Twenty-first Century
Kai A. Schafft
List of Contributors
Index
“Because of [Rural Education for the Twenty-First Century's] high quality of research and its clear organization around three themes, the reader is able to understand and connect rural education issues, both their similarities and differences, with those of urban and suburban communities across the globe. This work and its organization will serve students well, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels, who may not be familiar with the theory and practices of rural education.”
—Arlie Woodrum, Journal of Research in Rural Education
