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Former teachers share their unique first-hand accounts of one-room schools in the Ozarks. Details

 

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Episode: Lessons From the Past: History and Life in a Missouri...

Many Ozark residents have fond memories of attending or teaching in area rural schools, commonly called one-room schoolhouses. Improved transportation, roads, and economies of size resulted in larger consolidated school districts. Dr. David Hough provides an explanation of the history and development of public education in Missouri, and the role one-room schoolhouses.

Duration: (28:07)
Premiere Date: 01/22/2010
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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