Ozarks Notebook: The Reemergence of 'One-Room' Schools in Southwest Missouri

Ozarks Notebook: The Reemergence of 'One-Room' Schools in Southwest Missouri

For about a century – from after the Civil War through, in some places, the 1960s or so – one-room education was the bedrock of rural Ozarks communities. Kids focused on learning basics like reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmitic that were taught by one teacher in one room. In southwest Missouri, this form of schooling is reemerging in rural areas where families seek a different style of education for their children. Some are literally in old schoolhou…