Rural Distress and Survival: The School and the Importance of "Community.".

Abstract

This reportaddresses community andeducational issues of rural America as the United States enters the 1990s. Beginning with thecollapse of the mining industry in a small, rural community inIdaho, it is shown that rural communities and theirschools face great hardships resulting from numerous complex, interacting economic and socialconditions. But ruralpeople areresourceful. Many communities are beginning to employ creativesolutions to solve theirsocial and economic concerns. In small, rural communities, a closerlook at how the school can servecommunitydevelopment needs is underway. However, the school appears to bea powerful, but under-utilized resource. Three general approaches for using the school as a catalyst for community development are described: School As Community Center, Community As Curriculum, andSchool-Based Economic Development. Several programs, notably Foxfire, REAL, and the work of the McREL's Rural Institute, havedemonstrated the benefits to begainedwhen theschool directly serves the needsof the community.

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