And Then There Were None: One-Room Schools in Wayne County

Teacher salaries had risen to about $379 annually for men and $300 for women. The total of all teaching salaries for the year was just over $68,000. By the 1920s, the assignments were still steady, but pressures for school improvements and standardization increased. Some districts suffered from crumbling, poorly equipped buildings. H.E. Whitaker, superintendent, described two schools with ... ................
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