Bread on the Water: Education in an Isolated Mountain Community.

Tierney, Michael T.

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ERIC Number: EJ300268

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Publication Date: 1983

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Bread on the Water: Education in an Isolated Mountain Community.

Tierney, Michael T.

Human Services in the Rural Environment, v8 n3 p3-11 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, Consolidated Schools, Curriculum Development, Demography, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, One Teacher Schools, Rural Education, Small Schools

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: West Virginia

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