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Integrated Services: A Summary for Rural Educators - This Digest clarifies what integrated social service delivery entails and discusses major models of service integration, as well as the important role of case management. The Digest concludes by considering the circumstances and challenges that affect plans for this type of service delivery system in rural America, including the needs of rural families..

Minnesota Rural Education Association - Focuses on Minnesota's rural schools, including state legislative policy updates and links to other educational organizations..

National Rural Education Association - Organization of rural school administrators, teachers, board members, regional service agency personnel, researchers, business and industry representatives and others interested in maintaining the vitality of rural school systems across the US..

OCRE - Organizations Concerned about Rural Education is a coalition of more than two dozen education, farm, rural, technology and utility organizations. What brings us together is our common concern for the economic future of rural America, particularly, the education of rural children..

Opera as an Intervention for Rural Public School Children - Offers an essay which examines how studying opera can benefit students in rural schools..

Rural Education - The National Center for Education Statistics provides links to data and resources related to rural education..

Rural Education and Training - Programs and Links Related to Rural Education and Training.

Rural Human Services - A list of links compiled by the Welfare Information Network covers a wide range of rural issues and organizations..

The Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) - Conducts policy-relevant research and facilitates public dialogue to assist policymakers in understanding the rural impacts of public policies and programs..

Rural Schools and Community Trust - Through advocacy, research, and outreach, the Rural Trust strives to create a more favorable environment for rural schooling, for student work with a public audience and use, and for more active community participation in schooling..

What Can I Become: Educational Aspirations of Students in Rural America - This ERIC Digest reports on the educational aspirations of rural youth compared with students living in urban and suburban areas..