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Author Stack, Sam F., 1954- author.

Title The Arthurdale Community School : education and reform in depression-era Appalachia / Sam F. Stack, Jr
Published Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2016]
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Description 1 online resource (200 pages) : illustrations
Series Place matters: new directions in Appalachian studies
Place matters (Series) (Lexington, Ky.)
Contents Progressive education and the Depression -- Back to the land and the Arthurdale School -- Elsie Ripley Clapp and the community school -- Beginning a community school -- The struggle to survive -- From community school to traditional -- The end of a dream?
Summary This work examines the Arthurdale School, which was created during the Great Depression and dedicated to the purpose of building community and preparing students for participation in democratic society
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-192) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Arthurdale Community School (Arthurdale, W. Va.) -- History
Community and school -- West Virginia -- Arthurdale -- History -- 20th century
Place-based education -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century
Educational change -- Appalachian Region -- History -- 20th century
Depressions -- 1929 -- Appalachian Region
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Community and school
Depressions
Educational change
Place-based education
Appalachian Region
West Virginia -- Arthurdale
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813167855
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