Introduction
Richard Edwards and Peter Longo
School Consolidation and Community Development
Gary Paul Green
The Importance of Being Emily: Lessons from Legislative Battles over Forced School Consolidation
Marty Strange
Tiebout in the Country: The Inevitable Politics of Rural School Consolidation
Steven L. Willborn
Place-Based Civic Education and the Rural Leadership Crisis in Nebraska
Christie L. Maloyed and J. Kelton Williams
Considering Native American Students in Rural School Consolidation
Andrea Miller
Photo Essay: Atmosphere for Learning Undistracted: Rural Schools of Nebraska
Charles W. Guildner
Economic Issues in School District Consolidation in Nebraska
Bree L. Dority and Eric C. Thompson
Demographic Foundation of Rural Education in the Great Plains: The Impact of Urbanization
Robert Blair, Jerome Deichert, and David Drozd
Segregation, Inequality, Demographic Change, and School Consolidation: A Micropolitan Case
William R. England and Edmund T. Hamann
Ensuring Mathematical Learning in Rural Schools: Investing in Teacher Knowledge
Wendy M. Smith, W. James Lewis, and Ruth M. Heaton
Strategies for Strengthening the Great Plains Oral Health Workforce
John Reinhardt and Kimberly McFarland
Annual Index