Sentences with phrase «room schoolhouses gave»

Even as one - room schoolhouses gave way to massive schools — sometimes with thousands of students and hundreds of faculty — classrooms continued to resemble isolated, self - sufficient cells (Lortie, 1975).

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Given an agrarian society with poor transportation, schools could only draw enough students to populate one - room schoolhouses.

At a time when the one - room schoolhouse has almost become extinct, the Long Beach Board of Education has given the go - ahead to a rural community on California's Santa Catalina Island to open one next fall to save several young pupils a two - hour daily commute to another school.

Staying at the Schoolhouse gives you full access to a fully equipped kitchen, laundry facilities, and a large living room with a TV and cable.