Decades after consolidation had obliterated one-room schools, researchers
discovered their advantages. The child in the small school is not just a
statistic on a government chart. She receives "individual attention and
recognition." She works at her own pace. She has, most important, a place.
As Mr. Jonathan Zimmerman remarks, recent alternatives to "the large, alienating modern school," from charter schools to homeschooling, have sought to foster "the snug, communal aspects of the one-room school."
~Bill Kauffman
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