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Barker, Bruce; Muse, Ivan – Research in Rural Education, 1986
Traces decline of one-room schools from 24,000 in 1959 to about 840 today. Reports findings from 1984 survey of 643 surviving one-room schools in Nebraska, Montana, South Dakota, California, and Wyoming. Includes data on enrollments, teacher qualifications and responsibilities, student achievement, and school facilities/equipment. (NEC)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, One Teacher Schools
Hobbs, Max E. – 1979
Wyoming's funding programs for public education that relate to the issues of sparsity and the state's attempt to provide equal educational opportunity are reviewed. School district problems that relate to the issue of sparsity are also discussed. School district size in Wyoming ranges from the smallest district, by area, of 186 square miles to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Finance, Educational Opportunities, Elementary Secondary Education
Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne. – 1968
Statistical data on the 158 rural schools of Wyoming are presented, based on information collected in 1967. Data are categorized into 2 types: schools under county superintendents, and schools not under county superintendents. Teacher-pupil ratios are presented for each school. The data indicate that 127 schools were under direct supervision of…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Curriculum Development, One Teacher Schools, Parent School Relationship
Mountain Plains Library Association, Silt, CO. Country School Legacy Project. – 1980
The document presents organizational details of the 18-month Country School Legacy Project (June 1980-December 1981) to begin an on-going inquiry into the history of rural education and current public policies which affect country schools and which will result in greater public use of library facilities and historical collections in public,…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Cultural Education, Curriculum, Educational History
Gulliford, Andrew; And Others – 1981
The country school legacy of Wyoming is rich in history, folklore, and tradition. Materials (many anecdotal) gathered from school records, oral histories, autobiographies, and memoirs provide glimpses into the diverse and demanding role of frontier teachers (who were mostly female and, by contract requirement, usually single) and the work and…
Descriptors: Community Centers, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, One Teacher Schools
Barthell, Robert J. – 1981
As an examination of the role played by rural schools in the history of the Wyoming frontier and the result of an effort to locate and preserve information related to country schools, this report is part of an eight-state research effort. Periodicals, unpublished manuscripts, school records and interviews with 19 Wyoming residents reveal details…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Centers, Cultural Education, Curriculum
Barthell, Robert J. – 1981
The history of rural education in northwestern Wyoming and the accompanying bibliography of unpublished manuscripts, periodicals, school records, and oral histories comprise part of an eight-state research effort, Country School Legacy, to study the role rural schools have played in the history of the frontier and to locate and preserve…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Centers, Community Schools, Cultural Education
Rankin, Dorothy, Ed. – 1981
As late as 1938 there were 200,000 one-room schools scattered throughout the United States. By 1978 there were little more than 1,000 in operation. Primary-source research on rural education has now been conducted by 23 researchers in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming, sponsored by the Mountain…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Centers, Community Schools, Cultural Background
Riske, Milton – 1981
Information from 22 oral history interviews, periodicals, unpublished manuscripts, and school records provides an indication of the role played by country schools in the history of southeastern Wyoming and forms part of an 8-state research effort to locate and preserve information related to country schools. The report focuses on six aspects of…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Community Centers, Community Schools, Cultural Education