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Peer reviewedCheney, Christine O.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1990
Project NETWORC (Nevada Educational Television Working Out in Rural Communities) is presented as a model for ensuring effective preparation of rural special education teachers by delivering university courses to individuals already working in rural communities. Four courses are offered, each having a video segment, audioteleconferencing segment,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Distance Education
Snow, Mary B. – 1987
A survey of 40 school personnel responsible for remedial and special education in Nevada school districts was conducted to determine diagnostic tools and remedial programs for students with dyslexia and other learning problems. Major findings included the following: that 86.5% of school districts have a systematic process for identifying students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Davis, L. D. – 1985
With an area of 110,540 square miles and a population of less than one million people, Nevada experiences educational problems that are not simply rural but remote--vast distances, geographic barriers, lack of services, untrained personnel, inadequate funding, etc. The Nevada Rural School District Alliance was formed in 1983 to improve the quality…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
