During the 1992-93 school year, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory conducted study of rural schools in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas that were using one kind of telecommunications technology: full-motion interactive video. Many schools were at risk of being closed because they could not provide education comparable to that available in…

Small school systems can have more program and budget flexibility by working collaboratively with neighboring school systems. This article describes the efforts of three school systems in the Detroit, Michigan, area to share services and resources. Common values, communication, mutual support, and trust proved more important than scheduling and…