@article{Folkman:145264,
      recid = {145264},
      author = {Folkman, William S.},
      title = {Rural Problem Areas Need Better Schools},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics Research},
      address = {1961-10},
      number = {1489-2016-125763},
      pages = {9},
      year = {1961},
      abstract = {Education of the youth is recognized by workers in rural  development as one of the most
hopeful means of achieving  satisfactory adjustment in low-income rural areas.  Some
writers have concluded that inadequacies in this  regard represent one of the major causes
for the  persistence of problems in low-income areas. It is  relatively easy to ascertain the
quantity of education  received by rural youths in low-income rural areas, that  is, at 10-
year intervals, when census data are available.  But it is more difficult to ascertain the
quality of  education available to low-income rural youth. While  factors for which data
are available do not directly  measure quality of education, it is generally conceded that  in
our commercially oriented society, there is a rather  close relationship between expenditures
for school  operation and level of education provided. This report  brings together and
consolidates the information available  for the nine generalized problem areas delineated
in the  Department's report to the President. It is hoped that this  will aid workers in
rural development to evaluate their own  local school situations more ef fectively. The
report is  intended also to help them recognize more fully the  necessity for improving
educational opportunities as an  element in community programs.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/145264},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.145264},
}