America's One-Room Schools http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178603&ft=1&f=5178603 One-room schools still exist in America, although they've dwindled from 190,000 in 1919 to fewer than 400 today. The bulk of them are in isolated Western towns. But there are schools sprinkled across the United States. At left, a one-room school -- now closed -- in Hawaii. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:22:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif America's One-Room Schools http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178603&ft=1&f=5178603 Nebraska School Shrinks to the Point of Closure There were just three students at the Glen School in Sioux County, Neb., during the spring of 2005. Now the one-room school is closed, the victim of a declining area population. Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:22:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5524946&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5524946&ft=1&f=5178603 There were just three students at the Glen School in Sioux County, Neb., during the spring of 2005. Now the one-room school is closed, the victim of a declining area population.

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]]> Students Blossom in the Desert There are just 11 students at California's Death Valley Elementary, one full-time teacher and one teaching aide. The small-school environment helped one pupil overcome speech and language delays, and many of her classmates are working above grade level. Tue, 30 May 2006 18:10:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5419464&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5419464&ft=1&f=5178603 There are just 11 students at California's Death Valley Elementary, one full-time teacher and one teaching aide. The small-school environment helped one pupil overcome speech and language delays, and many of her classmates are working above grade level.

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]]> Growth Threatens Future of N.H. School Only three one-room schools are left in New Hampshire -- all in very small towns. The oldest of these schools, built in 1780, is in Croydon, where residents worry that a growing population will spell the end of the school. Mon, 03 Apr 2006 16:20:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5316645&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5316645&ft=1&f=5178603 Only three one-room schools are left in New Hampshire -- all in very small towns. The oldest of these schools, built in 1780, is in Croydon, where residents worry that a growing population will spell the end of the school.

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]]> 'Old Hawaiian' Life Fading with Loss of Maui School The last one-room school in the state of Hawaii closed in 2005, just a few weeks before the school year began. There had been a school in the village of Ke'anae, on the north coast of Maui, for 96 years. Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:52:57 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5226551&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5226551&ft=1&f=5178603 The last one-room school in the state of Hawaii closed in 2005, just a few weeks before the school year began. There had been a school in the village of Ke'anae, on the north coast of Maui, for 96 years.

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]]> Students Flourish in Gold Creek's One-Room School Gold Creek, Mont., has no stores, gas stations or bars, and its one church is closed. But it is rich in grazing land, and it still has a one-room school that is turning out above-average students. Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:37:05 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176063&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5176063&ft=1&f=5178603 Gold Creek, Mont., has no stores, gas stations or bars, and its one church is closed. But it is rich in grazing land, and it still has a one-room school that is turning out above-average students.

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]]> Maine School Binds Isolated Island Together Monhegan Island, off the state's central coast, has only 50 year-round residents. Monhegan Island School has seven students this year, ages five through 12. Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:36:33 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5064424&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5064424&ft=1&f=5178603 Monhegan Island, off the state's central coast, has only 50 year-round residents. Monhegan Island School has seven students this year, ages five through 12.

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]]> One-Room Schools Holding on in Rural America One-room schools still exist in America. They are a legacy of a less mobile, more rural time in American history. In 1919, there were 190,000; now there are fewer than 400 left. Thu, 22 Dec 2005 11:36:08 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5064420&ft=1&f=5178603 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5064420&ft=1&f=5178603 One-room schools still exist in America. They are a legacy of a less mobile, more rural time in American history. In 1919, there were 190,000; now there are fewer than 400 left.

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