An Appalachian School in Coal Country
Facing the Challenges of a Changing Region
Seiten
2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0310-4 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0310-4 (ISBN)
This book describes an elementary school’s efforts to respond to the needs of their highly distressed central Appalachian community. These educators, their school, and their community are a microcosm of the changes occurring in the region itself.
An Appalachian School in Coal Country examines the struggles and triumphs of an elementary school in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Despite economic crisis in the county, Creekside Elementary School is achieving unprecedented academic success. This study explores the objectives, goals, and challenges of the educators of Creekside Elementary and the ways in which they are able to serve the needs of their students and community. Creekside is a microcosm of the changes occurring in the Appalachian region itself, and this book examines how one elementary school is able to succeed despite all odds and how others like it can achieve similar results as well.
An Appalachian School in Coal Country examines the struggles and triumphs of an elementary school in one of the poorest counties in the United States. Despite economic crisis in the county, Creekside Elementary School is achieving unprecedented academic success. This study explores the objectives, goals, and challenges of the educators of Creekside Elementary and the ways in which they are able to serve the needs of their students and community. Creekside is a microcosm of the changes occurring in the Appalachian region itself, and this book examines how one elementary school is able to succeed despite all odds and how others like it can achieve similar results as well.
Terry Huffman is professor of education in the Doctor of Educational Leadership Program at George Fox University, Newberg.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: THE ETHNOGRAPHY
Chapter 1: “An unparalleled place in our cultural imagination”—An Introduction to Appalachia
Chapter 2: “Lonesome beauty”—McDowell County, West Virginia
Chapter 3: “That mountain, it divides the county”—McDowell County School System and Creekside Elementary School
PART II: THE NARRATIVES
Chapter 4: “They were almost always poor”—Identifying the Challenges
Chapter 5: “Hold on to the promise and goodness of a child”—Responding to the Challenges
Chapter 6: “We have to empower them with an education”—Visions of the Future
References
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 159 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0310-3 / 1793603103 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0310-4 / 9781793603104 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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