To confront the challenge of high levels of student absenteeism, a network of rural districts in New York and Ohio embarked on a continuous improvement process with the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN) in the 2020-21 school year. In this paper, we present a case study from this Rural Research Network, describing how 8…

Telecommunication technologies (computers with Internet/e-mail capabilities, desktop videoconferencing units, and fiber-based video links) provided by the Learning Community Link did indeed expand typical school boundaries and did increase communication possibilities for teachers and students. Using the power of computers to communicate, analyze…