An Appalachian School in Coal Country

Facing the Challenges of a Changing Region

Terry Huffman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

2019
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0310-4 (ISBN)

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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.

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
Zusatzinfo	8 BW Photos
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