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Is school consolidation necessary and how small can schools be
The article weighs whether bigger is better for rural education and argues small schools offer benefits like small class sizes, personalized attention, hands on learning, and strong community ties. It notes costs, transportation, limited curricula, and community impacts, urging local, not top-down, decisions and citing works by Jonathan Sher.
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Jaeavanbere
Great Plains
Mountain West
Jonathan Sher
Nebraska
North Carolina
Route 1
Box
Chapel Hill
Darryl Hobbs
University of Missouri, Columbia