Fields of learning : a retrospect on one-room schools in Allegany County, New York
William A. Paquette (Author)
One-room schools were a product of a patriotic agricultural America, which believed that education enriched one religiously, promoted economic opportunity and social mobility while anchoring communities around the school. Rural schools promoted education to extend the virtues and democratic values of the United States to each new generation. Allegany County, New York's commitment to education began with the establishment of the first elementary school in 1802
Print Book, English, 2019
New Dominion Press, Norfolk, Virginia, 2019