References for Westward Movement

Supporting Curriculum Created by VRP Teachers

The Westward Movement: Would I Move From Vermont?
by Cynthia L. Sheehan, 3rd and 4th Grade teacher
Wardsboro Elementary School

References
• Annenberg Rural Challenge. (1999, January). The Rural Challenge: Rural Schools and Communities Working as Partners for the Future of Rural America [Abstract]. Granby, CO: Annenberg Rural Challenge. Retrieved from ERIC database, 10/10/02, No. ED 441625. Kappan, 584-594.

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• Feder, J. (2002). The Hancock Depot Project: 2001-2002. Unpublished manuscript, Great Brook School, Antrim, NH.
Hancock Depot Project trails group. (2002) Hancock Depot Project map and trail guide. Unpublished manuscript, Great Brook School, Antrim, NH.

• Lieberman, G., and Hoody, L. (1998). Closing the Achievement Gap: Using the Environment as an Integrating Context. San Diego, CA: State Education and Environment Roundtable.

• Kannapel, P. (2000). Standards-based reform and rural school improvement: similarities, differences, prospects for the future. Rural Education Issue Digest. Charleston, WV: AEL.

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• Richard, A. (2001). Rural schools trying out portfolio assessment. Education Week, 21, 9,5.

• Rural Challenge Research and Evaluation Program (1999, February). Living and Learning in Rural Schools and Communities: Lessons from the Field. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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• Rural School and Community Trust. (2002). Rural Roots: News, Information, and Commentary from the Rural School and Community Trust. Vol. 3, No. 5.

• Smith, G. (2002, September). Going local. Educational Leadership, 30-33.

• Smith, G. A. (2002, April). Place-based education: learning to be where we are. Phi Delta.

• Sobel, D. (Summer, 2001). Learning what you eat. Orion.

• Sobel, D. (Autumn, 2001). From Stories to Stewardship. Orion.

• Tolman, J. (2002). Learning, In Its Place: An Exploration of Community-rooted Curriculum. Unpublished draft.

• Vermont Community Works (n.d.). About Vermont’s Rural Partnership. Retrieved Oct. 14, 2002 from www.vermontcommunityworks.org/vrp/aboutus/index.html.

• The Vermont Rural Partnership (2002). Portfolio Entry 3: Deepening and Spreading the Work. Peacham, Vermont: Community Works Press.

Woodhouse, J. (2001). Over the River and Through the ‘Hood: Re-Viewing. Thresholds in Education. 27: 3-4.