When Virginia Cover Barnhill started teaching in the mid-1930s, many schools still had only one or two rooms where various grades learned together, taught by one teacher. Classroom chores such as ...

In last week's column, I shared some sentiments that were expressed at a high school class reunion that I attended this summer. My classmates all agreed that we got a good education at the high school ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The urban bustle outside doesn’t exactly align with Little House on the Prairie. But in the heart of Minneapolis there exists a throwback. “Good Morning, everybody,” Kaiti Brown says as ...

For about a century – from after the Civil War through, in some places, the 1960s or so – one-room education was the bedrock of rural Ozarks communities. Kids focused on learning basics like reading, ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - There are several schools across East Texas that play important roles in our roots. In Angelina County, a small, one-room schoolhouse evolved into a district. The Fairview ...

Backed against a wall, the visiting Pittsburgh teacher barely escaped a thundering mob of moppets carrying chairs. A second herd crashed by, lugging lightweight desks; then came a teacher, pushing a ...