Nonfiction
96 Pages
ISBN: 0-910055-84-X
Paper $16.95

Throughout the three centuries of its existence, the rural school provided countless children with the basic intellectual tools with which our society was built. One Room Out West offers a crucial piece of the story of this institution, by showing us one schoolhouse, the children who attended, the teachers, and the farm families that formed the community which supported, and was supported by, the schoolhouses's ethos and daily life. This book is the story of American public education, a story Eastern Washington University is committed to preserving and continuing to write.
 
Rita Seedorf explores what life was like for the children, the families and the teachers of the Jore Schoolhouse. Using interviews with former students and teachers, she recreates the world in which they lived. She follows the trials Eastern Washington University faced when looking for the perfect one room schoolhouse, the buying and the transportation of the Jore Schoolhouse to the Cheney campus and EWU's dedication to preserving history.