Download or read book One Room Country Schools written by Jerry Apps and published by Wisconsin Historical Society. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A popular collection of memories and recollections from people who learned at and taught in one-room schools in Wisconsin, including former pupil Jerry Apps, the book’s author.

Download or read book Schoolhouses of Minnesota written by and published by Minnesota Historical Society. This book was released on 2006 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stunning photographs by the popular Ohman and short tales by award-winning storyteller Heynen combine in this rich showcase of Minnesota's vintage schoolhouses.

Download or read book Visions and Voices written by Charlotte Caldwell (Photographer) and published by Farcountry Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Montana's one-room schoolhouses, as recollected and recounted by those most intimately connected to those places, is the story of the American frontier and the high value placed on education by those who came to homestead, mine, or work the railroads. It is a story of the Western spirit and of a culture marked by tenacity and endurance. These stories told by students and teachers, many of whom are now in their eighties or nineties tell of adventures traveling to and from school, the school day, recess games, family life, daily chores, and above all, the sense of community, as defined by these iconic humble schoolhouses. Their voices share memories and perspectives about a way of life, gone for the most part, and breathe life into these visions of rural heritage. The preservation of one-room schoolhouses is important, as they are among Montana's first frontier structures. These treasures inform us about ourselves our history and our culture through the people who learned and taught in them. One hundred percent of the net proceeds of this book will be donated to the Preserve Montana Fund, a campaign of collaboration between the Montana Preservation Alliance, the Montana History Foundation, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This donation will serve to create a challenge grant, earmarked for Montana's endangered one-room schoolhouses.

Download or read book Rethinking School How to Take Charge of Your Child s Education written by Susan Wise Bauer and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you read only one book on educating children, this should be the book.… With a warm, informative voice, Bauer gives you the knowledge that will help you flex the educational model to meet the needs of your child.” —San Francisco Book Review Our K–12 school system isn’t a good fit for all—or even most—students. It prioritizes a single way of understanding the world over all others, pushes children into a rigid set of grades with little regard for individual maturity, and slaps “disability” labels on differences in learning style. Caught in this system, far too many young learners end up discouraged. This informed, compassionate, and practical guidebook will show you how to take control of your child’s K–12 experience and negotiate the school system in a way that nurtures your child’s mind, emotions, and spirit. Understand why we have twelve grades, and why we match them to ages. Evaluate your child’s maturity, and determine how to use that knowledge to your advantage. Find out what subject areas we study in school, why they exist—and how to tinker with them. Discover what learning disabilities and intellectual giftedness are, how they can overlap, how to recognize them, and how those labels can help (or hinder) you. Work effectively with your child’s teachers, tutors, and coaches. Learn to teach important subjects yourself. Challenge accepted ideas about homework and standardized testing. Help your child develop a vision for the future. Reclaim your families’ priorities (including time for eating together, playing, imagining, traveling, and, yes, sleeping!). Plan for college—or apprenticeships. Consider out-of-the-box alternatives.

Download or read book Schoolhouses Courthouses and Statehouses written by Eric A. Hanushek and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving public schools through performance-based funding Spurred by court rulings requiring states to increase public-school funding, the United States now spends more per student on K-12 education than almost any other country. Yet American students still achieve less than their foreign counterparts, their performance has been flat for decades, millions of them are failing, and poor and minority students remain far behind their more advantaged peers. In this book, Eric Hanushek and Alfred Lindseth trace the history of reform efforts and conclude that the principal focus of both courts and legislatures on ever-increasing funding has done little to improve student achievement. Instead, Hanushek and Lindseth propose a new approach: a performance-based system that directly links funding to success in raising student achievement. This system would empower and motivate educators to make better, more cost-effective decisions about how to run their schools, ultimately leading to improved student performance. Hanushek and Lindseth have been important participants in the school funding debate for three decades. Here, they draw on their experience, as well as the best available research and data, to show why improving schools will require overhauling the way financing, incentives, and accountability work in public education.

Download or read book A Century of Public Teacher Education written by Charles Athiel Harper and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book America s Country Schools written by Andrew Gulliford and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As late as 1913, half of U.S. schoolchildren were enrolled in the country's 212,000 one-room schools--the heart of American education. Although only about 428 of these schools remain in use as of 1994, the country school continues to be a powerful cultural symbol. The first section of this book examines country schools' educational and cultural legacy. Chapters (1) provide an overview placing country schools in the larger social and historical framework of American education; (2) describe the country school curriculum, discipline, and teaching methods; (3) present anecdotes and memoirs describing teacher education, teaching conditions, and teachers' lives on the Western frontier in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; (4) portray the role country schools played as rural community centers; (5) discuss the assimilation of immigrants and minorities in rural schools, focusing on Native Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics; and (6) look at public, private, and parochial country schools in operation today. The second section examines the great variety of design in country school architecture, including schoolhouse sites, architect designs, building forms, building materials and techniques, classroom furniture, and building standardization. The third section discusses the preservation and restoration of country schools; describes new uses as museums, centers for living history programs, and community centers; presents preservation case studies; and lists one-room schools, by state, that remain in public ownership. This book contains approximately 275 references, 400 photographs, numerous illustrations, and an index. (SV)

Download or read book Country School house written by James Johonnot and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Schoharie County One Room Schoolhouses written by Karen Cuccinello and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 250+ One-Room Schoolhouses dotted the Schoharie County country side from the early 1800's until 1968. This book, a revision of my 2011 addition, chronicles the formation of education in NY state, all of the schoolhouses, many of the teachers, tid-bits of information and oodles of photos. My compilation zero's in on the traditional clapboard one-room schoolhouse and the occasional brick or stone school. I listed schools, to the best of my ability, alphabetically with their town and district #, location, date they opened and closed and their final disposition. The teachers are listed with the school/schools they taught in and the year they taught, if known. Schoharie County School Commissioner Districts in 1812: First District-Broome, Blenheim, Conesville, Esperance, Gilboa, Middleburgh, Schoharie and Wright. Second District-Carlisle, Cobleskill, Fulton, Jefferson, Richmondville, Seward, Sharon and Summit.

Download or read book Country School houses written by James Johonnot and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rural School Buildings written by Rudolph Edward Lee and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Iowa s Country Schools written by William L. Sherman (APR.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Edwin Lutyens Country House written by Gavin Stamp and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edwin Lutyens was one of Britain's greatest architects, known for the imaginative adaptations of traditional design in his numerous country houses, as well as the instrumental role he played in designing and building much of New Delhi. Presenting a stunning collection of his architectural designs spanning the many phases of his acclaimed career, this beautifully produced study includes examples of the celebrated architect's early Arts-and-Crafts houses, Surrey-vernacular style, and carefully composed classical houses. Leading architectural authority Gavin Stamp presents his selection of Lutyens' houses in chronological order â??with the exception of the Viceroy's House â?? by the date of their design. Featuring jaw-dropping photography from the unique archives of Country Life magazine, this beautiful book covers of all phases of Lutyens' career and boasts a number of rare images. The vast majority of photographs within the book are contemporaneous to the buildings' design â?? showing the houses as their architect intended they should look: mellow and yet monumental, fitting into the soft English landscape and enhanced by their luxuriant gardens. Covering everything from Crooksbury and Sullingstead to Gledstone Hall and Middleton park, Edwin Lutyens' Country Houses is the leading text on this architect of rare genius and humanity.

Download or read book All in One Room written by Franklin L. Yoder and published by . This book was released on 2018-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book COUNTRY SCHOOL HOUSES written by James Johonnot and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Country School Houses written by James Johonnot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-18 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Country School-Houses: Containing Elevations, Plans, and Specifications, With Estimates, Directions to Builders, Suggestions as to School Grounds, Furniture, Apparatus, Etc;, And a Treatise on School-House Architecture For: the past few years Architectural Science has made rapid and decided progress in this country, and, in nearly every description of building, improve ments have been made, both in regard to external appearance and internal arrangement. Evidences of this progress may be seen in the superior elegance of the modern public edifices and private residences in our cities and villages, and in the greater comfort and convenience of the later farm-houses in the country. The increase of architectural knowledge has correspondingly devel oped the taste of the country, which, in its turn, demands a greater amount of knowledge, and thus one step of improvement leads to others still farther in advance. Of all buildings, however, the last to feel this progressive impulse were school-houses, the most important of them all. In cities and large villages, where the necessity exists of erecting large and costly buildings, it is true that public attention has been turned in this direction, and there has been developed a distinctive school architecture which applies the principles of science to the wants and necessities of the school-room; but in country places generally, little attention has been given to the matter, and the principles developed in the city architecture are not applicable to the wants of the smaller district schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Rural Schoolhouses and grounds written by Fletcher Bascom Dresslar and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: