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What�s the matter with rural education?

by Marshall Johnson � August 07, 2006

Is it possible to empower children in a poor, rural school district where the overwhelming social dynamic of the community is maligned with poverty, alcoholism, broken families and the myriad issues regarding child welfare (i.e., physical/sexual abuse, neglect, and recurring trauma)?

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