"The Way It Was "chronicles Van Kleek s experiences as a student and teacher in one-room schools in rural Alberta. From her first year attending school in the High Prairie country in 1916, to the closure of her last rural schoolhouse in 1961, Edith Van Kleek recalls a bygone era in Canadian educational history."
This book contains approximately 275 references, 400 photographs, numerous illustrations, and an index. (SV)
Text and pictures bring to life days at a one-room school in northern Vermont which has been functioning for more than 100 years.
Story of the growth of one room schools; and the teachers, students, school boards, and parents who contributed to their success.