Prospective Teachers in Rural Areas Tune In to Satellite Classes

By Joetta L. Sack
Melfa, Va.

The rural, slow-paced lifestyle of the Eastern Shore of Virginia--a jagged peninsula set off by the Chesapeake Bay--helps distinguish the region from the more populous parts of the state.

But like other areas of Virginia, the two school districts that occupy this impoverished stretch of shoreland also need special education teachers.

State officials believe they have found a high-tech remedy to ease the problem for the Eastern Shore's isolated communities, where fishing and farming...

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