Part Two of a four-part report, designed to identify, evaluate, and synthesize shared services research and development efforts conducted throughout the nation, presents an annotated bibliography of 32 books and 36 articles which describe various attempts to improve rural education. The 68 publications dating from 1958 to 1968 were selected by a panel of experts on rural education, who evaluated the objectivity, accuracy, and relevance of these publications from more than 200 books and articles identified during Phase I of the Rural Shared Services Project. Related documents are RC 003 403, RC 003 404, and RC 003 406. (DK)