Terry Huffman

An Appalachian School in Coal Country (eBook, ePUB)

Facing the Challenges of a Changing Region

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781793603111
• Artikelnr.: 57396052

Autorenporträt

Terry Huffman is professor of education in the Doctor of Educational Leadership Program at George Fox University, Newberg.

Inhaltsangabe

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