The AIRSS team is proud to present the third issue of our new digital publication, The Prairie Career Advocate. This storytelling effort is part of [...]

Thank you to Kings Financial Consulting, Inc. for your support of our mission to advocate and be the VOICE of Illinois rural and small schools! [...]

By Joe Brewer When Thomas bolted out of my history class to respond to an accident on a remote road in our rural community, his [...]

The AIRSS team is proud to present the second issue of our new digital publication, The Prairie Career Advocate. This storytelling effort is part of [...]

The Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools team, Executive Director David Ardrey, Director Hailey Winkleman, and Associate Director John Glasgow, hit the road this [...]

The Association of Illinois Rural and Small Schools recently co-hosted a webinar with CompTIA Spark to showcase their free platform of interactive career exploration units [...]

We are excited to present our 2024 Annual Report: “We Are Connected.” This report details how AIRSS has grown and become an integral part of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECONTACT: TODD DUGAN 618-585-3116 BUNKER HILL, IL — Macoupin County PK-12 school district Bunker Hill CUSD 8 and their higher education partner Lewis [...]

Starting college was difficult for me. Even though I always excelled in my small town Illinois school district, and still view myself as a lifelong [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 1, 2024execdir@nrea.net Chattanooga, TN – The Executive Committee of the National Rural Education Association (NREA) has announced the appointment of David M. Ardrey [...]

The AIRSS team is proud to present the first-ever issue of our new digital publication, The Prairie Career Advocate. This storytelling effort is part of [...]

Guest author and veteran educator Joe Brewer shares how CTE programming improves student outcomes

A First-of-its-Kind Report on the Status and Health of Rural Illinois Career & Technical Education Programming

It’s no secret that our education system is struggling to inspire and train the next generation of the American workforce, and this problem is especially [...]

I am a huge proponent for the power of our small towns and country places. As a product of a small town in West Central [...]