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April 18th, 2011

Too often, small town schools are under attack. Our politicians target their closure under the guise of efficiency, and the public-at-large often considers them inferior because of their small course offerings. But thanks to research conducted by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, we now have evidence of the quality offered by small schools.

In an article titled “Small schools rise up in grades,” reporter Josh Verdes offers data indicating that graduates of South Dakota’s small schools receive higher GPA’s as freshman at South Dakota’s public colleges than do students from larger schools. In fact, four of the top five schools with at least 25 students at South Dakota’s public colleges are schools centered in towns of under 850 people. (see list to the right). Verdes’s article is significant because it offers small town leaders an opportunity to market themselves more effectively. If I were a community leader from Corsica, SD, I’d consider erecting a billboard stating, “Did you know our graduates average a 3.3 GPA in college? Your child could be one of them.” (Actually, I hope the message would be more creative, but you get the point.) I’d then share individual stories on a blog or website about the students who are succeeding in college. My guess is that these stories would highlight how much the students benefited from participating in multiple extracurricular activities, and smaller class sizes. Parents care about the success of their children. And small town leaders need to do a better job of connecting to that desire as they market their towns. I know that the Rutland School District makes a concerted effort to market itself. But otherwise, I’m not aware of rural schools and communities actively engaged in this practice. I wonder why that is? Small towns have a great product with our public schools. Shouldn’t we do more to tell people about it?

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74% thought that the greatest obstacle to building green schools was a higher construction cost (an average of $3/square foot).

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The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) says the average American spends 90% of their day indoors. Often little thought is put into how the built environment impacts our daily routine. As a socially minded architecture student, I think good buildings should enhance our daily lives and not only be available to those with a fist full of cash. I start to wonder if it really is that unrealistic to build green schools in rural areas.

Currently there are numerous schools being housed in what appear to be tin sheds or leftover trailers. When I hear that "green" schools improve the health of teachers and students, raise test scores and decrease student absences, I ask myself why our schools aren't doing more to help our students.

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The above conversation was still fresh in my mind this morning when I stumbled across a video production titled "Re-Imaging Learning in the 21^st Century" (thanks for sharing @kristinwolff). A production of the MacArthur Foundation, the video described some of the key findings the foundation has discovered about education through their Digital Media and Learning Initiative.

By nature, I'm attracted to anything that talks about "reimagining" the future, but I found value in how the video simplified the complex issues surrounding how technology has impacted learning.

As the video highlights, the Digital Media and Learning Initiative seeks to build a new vision for education based on the following three core principles:

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I particularly like this last principle - learning from networks rather than from institutions. It's how I learn today. Rather than attend a place or institution to learn, I reach out to my network - particularly my online network.

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Like everyone, I sometimes get bogged down in the grind of work, and I feel that I don't have time to participate in my social networks. What I've come to learn, however, is that it's sort of like skipping school, and the quality of my work suffers.

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I was reminded of Hobb's exhortation today while reading a book review of Hollowing out the Middle, a book I highly recommend. Published in the Wall Street Journal, the reviewer offered a lukewarm assessment of the book's value to rural leaders.

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The authors are on shakier ground discussing Ellis itself. You cannot drop into a town for a year and come away with deep understandings, Prinivil in canada. Where can i order Prinivil without prescription, Their claim that "there is probably no other place in American society where the rules of class and status play out with a more brutal efficiency than in the world of a country high school" is so howlingly inaccurate that only displaced urban academics could believe it.

The reviewer's statement drew my attention because I too struggled with veracity of the author's claims on this subject. As a former teacher, I feel comfortable saying the divide was not as severe (as the authors maintain) in the two rural South Dakota schools where I taught, buy Prinivil online without prescription. Where can i find Prinivil online, I can site numerous examples of quite the opposite, where students rise above the challenges presented by the status of their birth.

So how can the authors, Prinivil from international pharmacy, Order Prinivil online overnight delivery no prescription, claim be so far off from my personal experiences? Perhaps it's because they base their analysis of the rural Heartland largely from interviews in one rural community. And if you've been to one rural community, Prinivil in india, Buy Prinivil from mexico, you've only been to one rural community.

But divisions along socio-economic lines did, and I suspect still do, Prinivil prescriptions, Order Prinivil no prescription, exist in the schools and communities where I taught. And Hollowing out the Middle helped me see those relationships in a new light. For instance, I know that one of the greatest advantages that rural education offers over an urban one is that teachers are able to get to know the parents of their students on a much deeper level. After reading the book, where can i buy cheapest Prinivil online, Buy Prinivil online no prescription, however, I can't help but wonder how I and other fellow teachers might have imposed conditions of the parents onto their children.

Some readers will undoubtedly be offended by the author's claims. But I don't think they intend the claim as a condemnation. Rather, buy Prinivil online with no prescription, Prinivil in uk, they intended it as a tool for helping us examine what lies beneath the surface of our behaviors.

Therein lays the value offered by the book. While I can't agree that "the rules of class and status play out with a more brutal efficiency" in the rural towns and schools that I've experienced, I know that elements of it exist in all of our rural schools in the Heartland, Prinivil buy. Buying Prinivil online over the counter, And I think that every community could develop a richer understanding of itself by holding a conversation on the subject.

So let me conclude by asking, "Do you think socio-economic divisions are as pervasive in your rural school as the authors suggest?" Is that a conversation you are willing to have?

Photo Credit: Alexandraless - Flickr (Let's hope young people don't jump for joy at the prospect of leaving rural communities after graduation.)

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Monday was the official launch of the Pepin-Stockholm Community Dialogue Project, and I was privileged to be a part of that start. Sharing how dialogue transformed our community is just one of the ways we can help rural communities as they begin to reimagine their rural places.

I am excited for Pepin. The people there care deeply about their community (as evidenced by a great turnout of the "Key Communicators") and realize that talking and listening to each other about their future is the first step.

The presentation slides from the presentation, in addition to narrative about key concepts, are below.

Building Community Through Dialogue

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I think there are a few concepts that stand out as I think about starting the hard work of a community dialogue project in Pepin. They include:

Handprints. As communities look to change their future, sale Torsemide, Order Torsemide online c.o.d, recognizing the individual and collective role of our actions is key. Our actions got us where we are. The good news? If you can see how you impacted the current state of your community, you have the agency to change it, saturday delivery Torsemide. Order Torsemide online overnight delivery no prescription, Community Capitals. Cornelia Flora and Jan Flora have described our communities are a series of buckets, or capitals. If we just fill one, buy Torsemide online without prescription, Buy Torsemide from canada, our boat will capsize. We need to pay attention to each area, and make sure we measure how our decisions impact our whole community. Strengthening social capital (through projects like the dialogue project in Pepin) is a necessary first step. Learn more about the community capitals here.

Involve young people. Youth are vital in the process of transforming a community for several reasons: they can say what needs to be said (and question why things are the way they are) and they are typically not hindered by the prospect change. In addition, buy Torsemide without a prescription, Rx free Torsemide, it is important to involve youth in meaningful work in the community before they leave if you hope they will return someday (creating attachment starts with giving them a purpose in the community).

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