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Williams, Tony L. – Journal of Rural and Small Schools, 1986
Traces the history of the one-room school in West Virginia from the 1750s to the 1970s. Describes teachers, buildings, curriculum, pupil and teacher rules of conduct, size advantages/disadvantages, length of school year, salaries, changes in school district size, evolution of transportation networks, and current status. (NEC)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, One Teacher Schools
Tierney, Michael T. – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1983
Details the history of Big Laurel, West Virginia from 1918-1941, 1941-1965, and 1965-1983, noting the effects on education of events in all three periods. Describes the opening, closing, consolidation, and reopening of community schools, and the construction, development, philosophy, and curriculum of the new Big Laurel School. (SB)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Attitudes, Community Education, Community Involvement
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
