Descriptor
Source
| Bureau of Education,… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Historical Materials | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Texas | 2 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
| West Virginia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Sitton, Thad; Rowold, Milam C. – 1987
This book explores the country schoolhouses of Texas' rural past. Sources include interviews with dozens of former country schoolteachers and students and first-person narratives collected from written works. Chapters cover the following topics: (1) history of public education and country schools in Texas; (2) distance travelled by teachers and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Consolidated Schools, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textAbel, J. F. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
The rural school project of the continental United States consists in educating over 18 million young people between the ages of 5 and 20 who live in small towns and villages, or in the open country. The 300,000 or more schools classified as rural enrolled nearly 12.5 million pupils in 1920, employed 425,00 teachers, supervisors, and principals,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Resource Allocation, Rural Schools, School Size
