Apps, Jerry. One-Room Country Schools: History and Reflections. Milwaukee, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004.
This book details the history of one-room schoolhouses in Wisconsin, from the establishment of the first school in 1791 to the 1960s, when school consolidation was finally complete, along with memories and recollections from students and teachers.
Bial, Raymond. One Room School. New York, NY: Houghton-Mifflin, 1999.
In this pictorial history of the one-room schoolhouse in the United States, Bial briefly discusses the emergence of public education in Massachusetts in 1647, and notes that the demands of rural life had an impact on the form of education on the frontier and led to the development of this type of facility throughout the country.
Kalman, Bobbie. A One-Room School (Historic Communities). Ontario: Crabtree Publishing Company, 1994.
A One-Room School describes the physical plan, supplies, routines, and rules of schools from an unspecified historic period of rural American history.
Leight, Robert L., Duffy, Alice Rinehart. Country School Memories: An Oral History of One-Room Schooling (Contributions to the Study of Education). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
The authors share memories of former teachers in interviews with people who remember the one-room rural school.
Pringle, Laurence P. The One Room School. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press, 1998.
The author takes a walk down memory lane of the last year a one-room school was open. Written for ages 6-10.
Rocheleau, Paul. The One-Room Schoolhouse: A Tribute to a Beloved National Icon. New York, NY: Universe Publishing, 2003.
This book pays homage to the American icon that is the one-room schoolhouse and is a tour of these structures still standing, detailing the best examples from the forty-eight contiguous states. It explores working schools, some in existence for more than 100 years, schools restored as historic museums, and schools converted into private residences, and includes "conversations" with past and present one-room schoolhouse teachers.
Built in 1861, at a cost of $315, this one room school was one of nine one room schools in the Township of Forest Lake, Pennsylvania. Located in Northern Pennsylvania's Susquehanna County, on Route 267, a half mile south of Birchardville, and five and a half miles north of Lawtown, the school has been turned into a museum. The museum is managed by the Birchardville School Historical and Educational Association.
Butler County Historical Society, Pa. The Little Red Schoolhouse http://butlercountyhistoricalsociety-pa.org/redschoolhouse.html
This site provides information and illustrations for the Little Red School House was constructed in 1838, and was the first public school built in Butler as a direct result of the Public School Act of 1836. It is now a living history museum, which recreates the one-room school experience for school classes.
Country School Association of America http://csaa.typepad.com/
This association is dedicated to fostering a deeper appreciation of country schools and is a great resource. Designed like a newsletter, the site offers articles on one-room school discipline, early classroom learning tools, as well as one-room school house news around the nation. It also offers good book suggestions and website links.
Kibler Schoolhouse http://www.kiblerschool.org/kib_story.html
Kibler School is a restored one-room school built in 1898 and located in Towamensing Township, Pennsylvania. Kibler School contains books, desks, water jug, coal stove, teacher's desk, cabinet museum, and other materials found in a typical one-room school from 1900 to 1950. This is a great site for information and examples of typical one-room schoolhouse life.
NEA: November 2006, "Pioneer Spirit," http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0611/feature4.html
A North Dakota prairie community fights to save a critical part of its existence, its two-room schoolhouse.
NPR: America's One-Room Schools http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5178603
NPR's series profiles several one-room schools across America.
PBS.SCHOOL: The Story of American Public Education: Evolving Classroom. http://www.pbs.org/kcet/publicschool/evolving_classroom/index.html
This website accompanies a four-part television series on the history of America's education system from colonial times to the present. The website offers excellent resources, including photographs that illustrate important moments of education history, a chronological timeline of key political events, brief biographies of educational innovators, and a curriculum guide available for download.
The One-Room School http://theoneroomschool.org
This video covers the NPR series. Several of the school which were profiled have now closed their doors.
The One-Room Schoolhouse Center http://www2.johnstown.k12.oh.us/cornell/memories.html
This site provides an online resource of information for those interested in learning more information about early education in the United States.
The One-Room Schoolhouse Resource Center http://www.sites.onlinemac.com/kcampbell/One_Room_Schoolhouses.htm
This is a compilation of historical one-room school resources throughout North America that are available on the internet. The purpose is to provide a central "information exchange" forum for those interested in one-room schoolhouse activities, information, and websites.
