Usually students sign up for two week internships to work for community newspapers. Another goal is to develop services for small town media, including volunteer recruitment and WWW development E-mail Carol Oukrop Return to the top of the page. Since 1978, the Center for Rural Education and Small Schools has provided technical assistance and expertise to rural schools at no charge. The center pools resources for rural school districts. The center also maintains an extensive education library and research center.
Services provided include needs assessment, research consulting and statistical analysis.
Two computer consultants are hired out to districts on block time, at a tremendous savings over a district hiring a full time technician. Members of the Council of Public School Improvement network with each other. The fees hire national speakers that individual schools could not afford to bring. E-mail Robert Newhouse Return to the top of the page. The Partnerships with Rural Community Colleges is project dedicated to providing instructor education in new teaching techniques, technology and networking for education professionals.