Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools. Committed to the Rural Advantage. The State of Rural Education in Illinois. Re-imagining an organization and rebuilding its infrastructure are daunting and exciting goals. During the past six months the AIRSS board of directors and I have been working hard to hone an organizational vision and strengthen our capacity to serve our members. This is just the beginning! We will chart a new and meaningful path for AIRSS.

Students, educator share stories of 2015 GLADE camp. One of the more exciting student-immersion programs in the Ozarks is GLADE, sponsored by the Greater Ozarks Audubon Society, which takes ecology-minded high schoolers out into the hills of Taney County to work, study and play for a week each summer. One of the leaders and founders of GLADE, Dr. Janice Greene from Missouri State University, and some students who attended the 2015 GLADE camp, recently shared their stories with KSMU. You can also find Tam.