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Title: Educational Prioroties and Capacity: A Rural Perspective.
Author : Canadian Journal of Education
Release Date : January 01, 2008
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 215 KB

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This study examined the congruence between the priorities of the Manitoba government's Kindergarten to Senior 4 (K-S4) Education Agenda for Student Success and priorities of stakeholders in a rural Manitoba school division, and the division's capacity to achieve them. Capacity included three components for success: Legitimization of Alternatives, Diverse Networks, and Resource Mobilization. The findings suggest that the theoretical conceptualizations of how rural areas develop and/or thrive have yet to be refined. Many of the findings coincide with Howley's (1997) ideas that school reform efforts tend to essentialize schooling across contexts for reasons that do not always reflect local purposes, interests, and/or capacities. Key words: rural education, school policy, school improvement