Project Gutenberg 2007-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 47 Betts, George Herbert 1868 1934 13009715 New Ideals in Rural Schools Reading ease score: 57.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Tom Roch, Marcia Brooks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images produced by Core Historical Literature in Agriculture (CHLA), Cornell University) "New Ideals in Rural Schools" by George Herbert Betts is an educational treatise written in the early 20th century. This work addresses the pressing needs and challenges of rural education, advocating for a more effective and enriching school system to meet the unique context of country life. The book emphasizes the importance of adapting school curricula and organization to better serve the agricultural community and foster a connection between schools and rural life, thereby mitigating the trend of students leaving for urban opportunities. At the start of the book, the author lays out the fundamental problems facing rural schools, highlighting their often inadequate educational facilities, short school years, and poor financial support. Betts discusses the social and economic factors contributing to the decline in rural education and stresses the need for improved community engagement with local schools. He argues for a reorganization and consolidation of these schools to better serve the educational needs of children living in agricultural environments, ensuring that education remains relevant and effective in preparing students for life on the farm and beyond. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Public schools LB Text Browsing: Teaching & Education 237257 236178 2024-10-09T09:20:46.469721 2023-09-09T11:03:14.865792 text/html text/html 238979 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 77540 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 167915 2024-10-09T09:20:54.580673 application/epub+zip 167790 2024-10-09T09:20:50.066716 application/epub+zip 139780 2024-10-09T09:20:48.626733 application/epub+zip 297988 2024-10-09T09:20:57.659680 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271993 2024-10-09T09:20:53.656722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 235391 2022-09-10T06:13:27.837221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197136 196904 2024-10-09T09:20:45.624716 2023-09-09T11:03:14.329278 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 197002 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 67271 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 197008 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 67252 2021-01-02T16:00:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20766 2024-10-09T09:20:57.794651 application/rdf+xml 11442 2024-10-09T09:20:49.262713 image/jpeg 3004 2024-10-09T09:20:48.904709 image/jpeg 157661 2024-10-09T09:20:46.490723 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog