Challenge and Change in Appalachia
Subtitle: The Story of Hindman Settlement School
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: August 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780813122502
Subjects: Schools; Social history; United States - State & Local - General; Educational Policy & Reform; Education In Rural Areas; Educational Policy; Education / Teaching; Kentucky; Education; General; Case studies; Education, Rural; Hindman Settlement School; History
First sentence: HINDMAN SETTLEMENT SCHOOL was a product of a nationwide movement for political and social reform known as Progressivism that swept across America in the 1890s and lasted through World War I.
Description: "Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement School charts the life of a groundbreaking center for education that transformed a community. Growing out of the Progressive movement, the school embraced many of the same types of programs as urban settlement houses and worked toward providing educational opportunities for adults and children in the area. Additionally, the school was tailored to serve the community's particular needs, as its farms and extension work brought modern methods to the area. At the same time, the school encouraged preservation of the region's crafts and music and worked to keep the area's youth "mindful of their heritage.""--Jacket.