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Miller, Rodger; Bonsness, Joan – 1987
Teachers frequently need assistance in meeting the needs of students with behavior and learning problems. Contacts with peers and other staff usually are informal and do not allow thorough analysis of the problem. The Building Support System model used in some North Dakota schools provides prompt, accessible support to teachers through peer…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textSanstead, Wayne – 1991
This report describes the North Dakota School District Boundary Restructuring Program that was adopted by the 1989 North Dakota legislature in an effort to offset declining population and school enrollment in rural areas. The program provides incentive money for clusters of school districts to join together to enhance educational opportunities for…
Descriptors: Declining Enrollment, Economic Impact, Educational Administration, Educational Cooperation
Walker, Sherry Freeland, Ed. – State Education Leader, 2001
This theme issue of "State Education Leader" contains eight articles on rural education. "The Rural Bellwether" (Kathy Christie) discusses declining enrollment in rural schools, rural problems with teacher shortages and special education funding, issues related to school size and school district size, and distance learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Isolation
Nachtigal, Paul – 1985
Ten rural school improvement clusters involving 63 districts, 7 colleges and universities, and 6 state departments of education have been developed in Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and North Dakota through the work of the Mid-Continent Regional Educational Laboratory's Rural Education Project. Four essential steps appear necessary for…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, College School Cooperation, Consortia, Cooperative Planning
Vassiliou, Demetrios; Johnson, Dave – 1995
This paper describes the North Dakota Statewide Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities Facility Staff Training Program. For the past 10 years, the training program, in association with Minot State University, has been available to agencies and their employees who provide services to individuals with developmental disabilities in rural…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Ladders, Certification, Competency Based Education
Hill, Richard L.; Carlson, Pam R. – 1994
In 1989, in response to declining enrollments and the smallest average school size in the nation, North Dakota legislation provided incentive payments to consortia of four or more school districts that voluntarily collaborated in program planning and implementation. Participating districts were required to vote on a reorganization proposal after 3…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consortia, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
