Talk:One-room school

message: The article states that most one room schools were gone by WWII.
That may be true, but there were still plenty operating up through
the 1950s west of the Mississippi river.  As recently as the
late 1990's  I met a young woman who was a teacher at a one
room school in western Nebraska.
They still exist in France ! Ericd 21:15, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  timeline 

message: It seems odd that there could be a reasonable globally-defined article about one-room schools, just as it would be odd to have an article about one-room houses of worship throughout the world.  This article was clearly originally written from a US perspective, and there has really been only one small addition about one-room schools in Ireland, which itself only shows that the idea of the "one-room school" is far from a coherent global phenomenon, and the roles and function of a "one-room school" is totally different in different countries.  As One-room schools in the United States is 90+% of the article's content, and the article was probably written just because the one-room schoolhouse is such a US cultural icon, idealized in Little House on the Prairie etc., I suggest the article be moved, at least for the time being.  If someone can demonstrate that a reasonable globally-defined article can be written (which I think is soomewhat doubtful), covering not just the US, but also other countries including the many one-room schools in the third world in an integrated way such that it makes a meaningful whole, then of course I would support a move back.--Pharos 23:24, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No; The article should not be moved. The universality of the article can be preserved by the addition of material from other places, and this also supports NPOV. Of course, the article could be 'forked' and the material specific to the U.S.A. used to create the article you suggest. However, why not just expand this article with further examples, and pull the specific material under one section / sub-heading? Peter Ellis 23:54, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

text: One-room, one-teacher schools are not only a cultural phenomenon of America. My mother and her siblings attended a one-room school in a farming area about 30km from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, during the 1930s. Several of the children rode on a horse from the farm, until she as the youngest got a hand-me-down bicycle. Her parents had attended one-room schools. Peter Ellis 00:03, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I concur with Peter Ellis that the article has universality and should not be moved at this time.  The challenge to teach children of a variety of ages in a single room (and for those children to learn effectively) is not confined to the US.  The original author attempted to put in more perspectives by referring as an example to the Australian Robert Menzies.  There are very strong pedagocical similarities in English-speaking countries.  Other features associated with one-room schools apply to more than the US - the statement about the availability of school buses leading to the decline in numbers of these schools applies in Australia too.  Traditions elsewhere in the world including China need to be captured by more knowledgeable Wikipedians - as the article is only new (less than 2 days old as it was created 25 April) it should be given a chance to develop - it has obviously gained a high profile from being featured on the Wikipedia front page. --AYArktos 00:53, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should this be at [[One-room schools in the United States]] ? 

message: I'm not sure if you need more photos for this page, but I just uploaded my photo of the first one-room in Vermont so please add it if you want some northeast representation. It was in continuous use until 1900 and has been restored H0n0r 02:13, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eureka School house photo - VT 

message: They still use one-room schoolhouses to teach their children, from grades 1 to 8.  (After grade 8, they become full-time farmers.)  -  Theaveng 13:47, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: No discussion of Amish-Americans?  (German descendants)

message: I think there should be a section on one-room schools in today's culture, like in books, movies, and television. Angie Y. (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: One-room schools in culture

message: One room schools still exist in America outside the Amish, Mennonite, and Rural communities. If we are to count Christian, private, and alternative one-room or two-room schools. Then there is one or more in almost every American town. I attended a one room "Christian" school for part of a year. And it looks just like the schools in these old pictures. Near me there are at least 2 Christian one room schools, and a three room school right in the same area. I am also guessing this is probably the same in the UK and Canada.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brenthere (talk • contribs) 19:57, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  One room schools still exist 

message: This section needs citations, and I believe the section on one room schools in rural australia to be incorrect- one room schools are mostly completely unfeasible in this situation because of the huge distances between students. The most common ways for students to be educated in rural areas in Australia is distance education or sending children to boarding schools in larger cities.
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thread_title:  'Consolidation' section 

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message: There do not seem to be any sources for information on the usage of one-room schools outside the US. The claim made in the article's opening paragraph is completely unsourced; I have tagged this appropriately. Information on one-room schools in the developing world would be particularly useful here. Akakievich (talk) 00:11, 13 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where are one-room schools (still) used? 

message: The Section "Preservation: buildings and cultural" only gives specific anecdotes, the section should have generalized information about the challenges and  efforts to preserve remaining one-room school schoolhouses, otherwise it should be removed.Myotus (talk) 15:32, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section: Preservation: buildings and cultural