What a day!
On this last day of the Country School Association of America conference, we spent from 8 to 6:30 on a bus driving about the local area of New Hampshire visiting no less than nine – yes – NINE – one room country schools!
Just amazing. This is my first time at this conference, where I presented my paper on 19th century children, and honestly I was a little worried that I’d be spending the three days listening to workshops on how to renovate the things. I was completely wrong!
What a great group of folks – academic folks who’ve published books, folks who curate, volunteer at, run, organize, own, and otherwise take care of country one room schools, a park ranger, folks who know all there is to know about desks, slates, and African American schools – and so much more! It’s a great mix of scholars!
Here’s just a few pictures of the schools we visited today. I’ll post more in the near future (now I need some rest)!
Susan Fineman // Jun 25, 2017 at 8:08 pm
Thank you for presenting at the CSAA 2017 Conference! Your presentation on the lives of 19th century covered schoolchildren and their challenges like never before! We were so lucky to have you!! We hope you will consider presenting at future CSAA events…Nebraska 2018, Maryland 2019, and Colorado 2020!