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EJ437140 CE523307

Title: Revisiting Americana: One-Room School in Retrospect.
Author(s): Leight, Robert L.; Rinehart, Alice D.
Source: Educational Forum, v56 n2 p133-51 Win 1992
Publication Date: 1992
ISSN: 0013-1725
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1992

This history of the one-room school examines reasons for its demise (perceived inferior status, efficiency, modernization) and presents advantages of multiaged grouping in schools. (SK)

Descriptors: *Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; *One Teacher Schools; Rural Areas; *Rural Schools; *Rural Urban Differences; United States History
Identifiers: *Mixed Age Groups

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