Although his little four - room schoolhouse in West Bridgewater is gone, replaced by a more modern brick building, the legacy of what a quality public education offered him is clear, as shown in a letter written in 1973 by one of his junior high students to a superintendent in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in support of a teacher who lost his vision and then his job: (gse.harvard.edu)
Ellen Marie Wiseman discovered her love of reading and writing while attending first grade in one of the last one - room schoolhouses in New York State. (bookbrowse.com)
When families know that they can transform public education for their children, then they will take on the other challenges outside of schoolhouse doors that also damage their futures. (dropoutnation.net)