Key points of presentations are captured in this report of a conference which addressed issues of concern to educators in Alaska's small schools. A total of 119 presentations are briefly summarized. Contents are organized under five headings: effective leadership strategies, curriculum and instruction, computers and telecommunication, assessment, and support programs. Subjects include principal networking, effective teaching, inservice training, school profiling, professional growth, state curriculum support services, Native culture and language teaching, parents as partners in bilingual language development, peer coaching programs, career education, the writing process in the rural classroom, teaching vocational education in academic classes, improving computer assisted instruction in small schools, Alaskan software, writing assessment, classroom assessment, district-wide assessment for rural districts, small school guidance and counseling strategies, Alaska Career Information System, stimulating parent involvement, student teaching in rural Alaska, new teacher certification regulations, and library organization for small schools. Also included is a list of 46 issues facing Alaskan educators as ranked by conference participants. Issues ranked as most important by all participants are declining state revenues, equitable school financing, long-range educational planning, changing curriculum/changing times, greater legislative priority for education funds, and negative perceptions of the teaching profession. Addresses of all conference presenters are provided. (NEC)