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The Development And Growth Of Community Schools In Hopkins County, Compton C. Crowe
The Development And Growth Of Community Schools In Hopkins County, Compton C. Crowe
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
For several years many of the leading educators of the different states and the leading schools of higher education have been studying and advocating the community school idea. There have been many community schools established with various plans and ideas installed. Some are more advanced than others, but all are established with a long time plan in view. Many conferences have been held, and experts have been consultants and co-ordinators, and several visits have been made within the community to see at first hand the workability of school and its affect upon the lives of the children and citizens of …
A Program Of Improvement For Union County Kentucky Schools, Thomas Fortenbery
A Program Of Improvement For Union County Kentucky Schools, Thomas Fortenbery
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The problem presented in a Program of Improvement for Union County Schools deals primarily with future school buildings. The problem is threefold:
- The location of future school buildings must be determined in the light of population trends and economic developments.
- The size of the buildings must be determined.
- A plan to finance the program must be developed.
A Study Of The Public School System Of Nelson County, Earl Huber
A Study Of The Public School System Of Nelson County, Earl Huber
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Only seven years more than one hundred years ago, 1838, Kentucky’s public school system was established. Few Kentuckians conceived of a state-wide public school system. Many of the citizens were conservative and inclined to look upon a scheme of public education with doubt and disfavor; they were accustomed to the traditional plan of private education. In Nelson County, as in the rest of Kentucky, the early sponsors of public education were confronted with the problem of building sentiment for such a public service. Their task was one of establishing schools. Their chief goal was one of providing a school service, …