A survey of representative schools in Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois showed that most small and rural schools house middle-level students in buildings primarily designed for elementary or high school students. Middle level students often receive an inappropriate educational program that is not taught by teachers trained to understand and…

Describes guidelines that a rural Minnesota school district followed to implement inclusion of handicapped students in the regular classroom: administrative support, small-group inservice, floating substitute teachers, ongoing follow-up, ongoing communication, documentation of Individualized Education Plans (IEP), and team teaching. (LP)

Through what seems to be a very wise adaptation of methods of support and administration to schools of different kinds and to schools working under varying conditions in different parts of the State, but still preserving a high degree of correlation and unity of purpose, and by a commendable degree of liberality in expenditures for education, the…