Abstract

With an acknowledgement of inspiration from William Least-Heat Moon's classic book BlueHighways and John Steinbeck's Travels with Charley, Richard and Patricia Schmuck set off from Eugene, Oregon, on a 6-month odyssey of 25 rural schools in 21 states west of the Mississippi River. Their goal was to pool their years of experience teaching, researching, and consulting with public schools in an effort to assess the status of public education in America's rural communities. Their plan was to spend the equivalent of a week in each of the schools observing, interviewing the educational participants, and assessing the environment in which they were living and working. The result is a 175-page book larded with descriptions, anecdotes, observations, and the authors own recommendations.

How to Cite:

Hobbs, D., (1993) “Book Review: Small Districts, Big Problems: Making Schools Everybody's House”, Journal of Research in Rural Education 9(2), 120–121.

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