School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation
Rural communities traditionally enjoy an intimate relationship between stakeholders and the local school system. While preliminary research exists to suggest rural school turnaround might be more likely to occur when a strong communal connection exists (Mette, 2014), little is known about rural sch...
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National Rural Education Association
2018-11-01
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| description | Rural communities traditionally enjoy an intimate relationship between stakeholders and the local school system. While preliminary research exists to suggest rural school turnaround might be more likely to occur when a strong communal connection exists (Mette, 2014), little is known about rural school turnaround efforts serving predominantly Native American students. This article reports findings of a School Improvement Grants (SIG) funded effort to digitize curriculum and deliver instruction through the use of tablets in Yellow Pine, a school district on a Native American reservation in a rural, Upper Midwestern state. Data were collected through interviews with school and district leaders, as well as through teacher focus groups. Findings highlight the failure to engage a historically disenfranchised community from the beginning of the improvement process, particularly the lack of involvement of students, parents, and teachers, which in turn led to little impact on student achievement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-15af46dcc4c14e95981cbbffa91df4292022-12-21T20:40:50ZengNational Rural Education AssociationThe Rural Educator0273-446X2643-96622018-11-0137210.35608/ruraled.v37i2.270School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for ImplementationIan M. Mette0Jason Stanoch1University of MaineUniversity of MissouriRural communities traditionally enjoy an intimate relationship between stakeholders and the local school system. While preliminary research exists to suggest rural school turnaround might be more likely to occur when a strong communal connection exists (Mette, 2014), little is known about rural school turnaround efforts serving predominantly Native American students. This article reports findings of a School Improvement Grants (SIG) funded effort to digitize curriculum and deliver instruction through the use of tablets in Yellow Pine, a school district on a Native American reservation in a rural, Upper Midwestern state. Data were collected through interviews with school and district leaders, as well as through teacher focus groups. Findings highlight the failure to engage a historically disenfranchised community from the beginning of the improvement process, particularly the lack of involvement of students, parents, and teachers, which in turn led to little impact on student achievement.https://www.jhseonline.com/index.php/ruraled/article/view/270school improvement grants; school turnaround; Native American education; rural reform efforts; one-to-one initiatives |
| spellingShingle | Ian M. Mette Jason Stanoch School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation The Rural Educator school improvement grants; school turnaround; Native American education; rural reform efforts; one-to-one initiatives |
| title | School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation |
| title_full | School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation |
| title_fullStr | School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation |
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| title_short | School Turnaround: A Rural Reflection of Reform on the Reservation and Lessons for Implementation |
| title_sort | school turnaround a rural reflection of reform on the reservation and lessons for implementation |
| topic | school improvement grants; school turnaround; Native American education; rural reform efforts; one-to-one initiatives |
| url | https://www.jhseonline.com/index.php/ruraled/article/view/270 |
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