Alone on the Range. Mark Toner.
by Toner, Mark; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 18Institutions. Publisher: Teacher, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Classroom environment | North Dakota | Rural schools | School closingsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Standing in open prairie a dozen miles from the nearest town, the Harney School in western North Dakota had just one student during its final year....While the Harney School is an extreme case, rural schools across the Great Plains have withered away over the decades as entire communities have faltered and, in some cases, vanished. In the 1920s, more than 4,700 one-room schoolhouses dotted North Dakota's countryside, often no more than a few miles apart so kids could walk to them each morning after working the fields. By the end of the century, only about 10 remained." (TEACHER) This article reveals how "the influence of country schooling continues to be felt, even in more urban areas" as the last of the one-room schoolhouses close.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Alone on the Range, Aug./Sept. 2004; pp. 46-54.
"Standing in open prairie a dozen miles from the nearest town, the Harney School in western North Dakota had just one student during its final year....While the Harney School is an extreme case, rural schools across the Great Plains have withered away over the decades as entire communities have faltered and, in some cases, vanished. In the 1920s, more than 4,700 one-room schoolhouses dotted North Dakota's countryside, often no more than a few miles apart so kids could walk to them each morning after working the fields. By the end of the century, only about 10 remained." (TEACHER) This article reveals how "the influence of country schooling continues to be felt, even in more urban areas" as the last of the one-room schoolhouses close.
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