Education
Piney Road: Work, Education, and the Re-Making of the Southern Family" by Jacqueline J. Saindon examines the impact of work and education on rural Southern families, focusing on Gresham County. The research, supported by the Rural Economic Policy Program of the Aspen Institute and Ford Foundation, investigates how low literacy rates and available low-skill, low-wage jobs in industries like poultry farming affect economic development and educational attainment.
Demographic Change and the Human Capital Endowment of Rural America
Brief provides an overview of facts and issues pertaining to demographic change and human capital levels in rural America.
Would You Like To Swing on a Star? Opportunities to Improve Education in Kentucky’s Fifth Congressional District
This report, "Would You Like To Swing on a Star? Opportunities to Improve Education in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District," was prepared by the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED) in May 1986. It addresses the intertwined problems of poor economic conditions and educational attainment in Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, which had the lowest percentage of high school graduates in the nation at the time.