Rural education

The willingness to fund and support a study of this nature illustrates the value of the work being done in and for rural educational contexts, and acknowledges the potential of research on rural education in Canada, and in particular, in Manitoba. [...] Their professionalism in organizing the research process, contacting participants, and participating in the data analysis and writing of the results added another layer of analysis and integrity to the research process. [...] Local rural schools in Manitoba have aligned their innovations and practices with the direction set by the province, partly as a consequence of the resources, directions and mandates of the ministry, but also because in doing so, they have found ways to support the economies, education and social environments of their local communities. [...] In rural areas, schools are the focal Finally, in the area of planning and point in the community, and an important source accountability, research in the USA indicates a of community solidarity (Barley & Beesley, high degree of accountability to reform 2007). [...] The documents within the subcategory recruiting and retaining teachers in rural and of delivery options spoke mainly to rural and remote areas were mentioned in the documents remote education concerns.