One-room Schools of the Middle West: An Illustrated History

One-room Schools of the Middle West: An Illustrated History
ISBN-10
0700606378
ISBN-13
9780700606375
Category
Education, Rural
Pages
139
Language
English
Published
1994
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Author
Wayne Edison Fuller

Description

The Midwest's one-room schools were, Fuller observes, the most democratic in the nation. Located in small, independent school districts, these schools virtually wiped out illiteracy, promoted democratic values, and opened up new vistas beyond the borders of their students' lives.
Entire communities, Fuller shows, revolved around these schools. At various times they were used as churches, polling places, sites of political caucuses, and meeting halls for local organizations. But as America urbanized and the movement to consolidate took hold in rural counties, these little centers of learning were left at the margins of the educational system. Some were torn down, some left to weather away, some sold at auction, and still others transformed into museums.
Despite its demise, Fuller argues, here was a school system that worked. His book offers a timely reminder of what schools can accomplish when communities work closely together to educate their children.

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