The film explores the development of pioneer communities, focusing on their educational and recreational aspects. It highlights the construction of community buildings like churches and schools ...

But education can—and increasingly does—happen anywhere. When states began to mandate education in the 1800s, travel and communication were difficult.

Teachers’ Institutes were the early versions of today’s teacher in-service, conducted on a countywide scale. Held in the county courthouse in Doylestown, the institutes played an important role in pro ...

Henry Moxley arrived in Buffalo in 1832, the same year that Buffalo was incorporated as a city. He was a fugitive slave born in Virginia in 1808, the son of ...

Mississippi has a rich history. The oldest schools in the state date back to the 1800s. What to know about public, private ...