Publications
Education
Farm to School programs (April 2006)Doing the Math: Southern State School Finance Systems (October 2004)
Acing the Boards: Southern Student Participation and Performance on the SAT I (May 2004)
Status of Rural Education in the South: A Survey of Key Indicators (October 2003)
Filling in the Gaps: Solving Teacher Shortages (June 2003)
related article in Threshold magazine
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (June 2002)
Making a Safe Haven: A Review of School Saftey Status, Perceptions and Practices in the South (April 2000)
Language Diversity in Southern Schools: The Growing Challenge (January 1999)
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Agriculture & Rural Development
The 2007 Farm Bill in Context [Summer 2006 Update] (June 2006)Farm to School Programs (April 2006)
Funding for Rural Development (January 2006)
Accessing Capital for Rural Economic Development presentation (August 2005)
The 2007 Farm Bill in Context (July 2005)
Rural Centers (July 2005)
The Tobacco Buyout (January 2005)
A Rural Policy for the 21st Century (May 2004)
Extract of A Rural Policy for the 21st Century
Status of Rural Education in the South: A Survey of Key Indicators (October 2003)
Finally, the Farm Bill (September 2002)
Tobacco in Transition (February 2002)
Contracting in Tobacco (July 2001)
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Websites
In addition to this website, I either created or contributed to the following websites:Southern Legislative Conference
State Agriculture and Rural Leaders
Texas Rural Innovators Forum
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Contact
Jonathan R. Watts Hull332 Spring Street
Decatur, GA 30030
jonathan at waangi dot com
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