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Boyken, J. Clarine J. – 1978
Designed to preserve the rich heritage of the rural school system which passed from the education scene in the 1930's and 1940's, this narrative, part history and part nostalgia, describes the author's own elementary education and the secure community life centered in the one room Spring Valley School in Hamilton County, Iowa, in the early decades…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Chronicles, Community Characteristics, Educational History
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
