Teachers and parents at the middle school level will be surveyed and interviewed in one rural district. ... It has been found that parental involvement tends to decrease at the middle school level. ... "Research links family involvement in middle and high school to students' positive academic and social outcomes" (Bouffard and Steffen, p2, 2007). ... "Over 30% of U.S. schools are in rural communities, yet less than 6% of research conducted in schools includes rural schools" (Hardré, Sullivan, & Crowson, 2009). ... Rural communities are less likely to have publi...

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High-rise buildings were made possible by the building of a steel cage, on which to hang the floors and walls. ... Involved were some exceptionally able architects, including members of the Chicago School. The Chicago School, an American architectural movement based in late 19th-century Chicago, was the first manifestation of modern architecture. ... There were many other different architects that were part of the Chicago School, which fought against the normal, more conventional, ways of architecture. ... His parents eventually divorced, and Frank Lloyd Wright was forced to drop out of...

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