The Arthurdale Community School

Author : Sam F. StackJr.
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813166896
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arthurdale Community School written by Sam F. StackJr. and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of many homestead communities designed during the rollout of the New Deal, Arthurdale, West Virginia, was a bold experiment in progressive social planning. At the center of the settlement was the school, which was established to improve the curriculum offered to Appalachian students. Offering displaced and unemployed coal miners and their families new opportunities, the school also helped those in need to develop a sense of dignity during the Great Depression. The first book-length study of the well-known educational experiment, The Arthurdale Community School illuminates the institution's history, influence, and impact. Founded on American philosopher and reformer John Dewey's idea that learning should be based not on competition but on community, and informed by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's guidance, the Arthurdale project sought to enable both children and adults to regain a sense of identity and place by studying the history and culture of Appalachia. Its goal was not to produce workers for global capitalism but to provide citizens with the tools to participate in a democracy. Author Sam F. Stack Jr. examines both the successes and failures of this famous progressive experiment, providing an in-depth analysis of the Arthurdale School's legacy. A fascinating study of innovation and reform in Appalachia, Stack's book also investigates how this project's community model may offer insights into the challenges facing schools today.

Author : Jan Rosenberg
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031456262
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arthurdale School written by Jan Rosenberg and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book chronicles the school envisioned by Eleanor Roosevelt in 1933 to serve Arthurdale, the New Deal government-created community in north-central West Virginia. Arthurdale was founded to house unemployed miners and their families and provide them with opportunities to receive healthcare and obtain gainful employment. Roosevelt had a particular interest in the education of children, feeling that education and social life were profoundly intertwined within a community. With that in mind, in 1934, she hired Elsie Ripley Clapp—an educator and leader in the Progressive Education movement—to design and implement the school, as well as oversee the social life of Arthurdale as a whole. In addition to covering the Arthurdale School's birth, life, and dissolution, Rosenberg discusses how the lessons of the school might serve the culture of education today, especially as an element of a comprehensive approach to community revitalization.

Author : Elsie Ripley Clapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community Schools in Action written by Elsie Ripley Clapp and published by . This book was released on 1939 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elsie Ripley Clapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthurdale, a School written by Elsie Ripley Clapp and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sam F. Stack
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081316690X
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Arthurdale Community School written by Sam F. Stack and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the Arthurdale School, which was created during the Great Depression and dedicated to the purpose of building community and preparing students for participation in democratic society.

Author : United States. Resettlement Administration
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthurdale written by United States. Resettlement Administration and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : West Virginia University. College of Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Report of the Survey of Arthurdale School written by West Virginia University. College of Education and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C. J Maloney
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118023579
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Back to the Land written by C. J Maloney and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How New Deal economic policies played out in the small town of Arthurdale, West Virginia Today, the U.S. government is again moving to embrace New Deal-like economic policies. While much has been written about the New Deal from a macro perspective, little has been written about how New Deal programs played out on the ground. In Back to the Land, author CJ Maloney tells the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a "pet project" of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) "a human experiment station", she was to create a "New American" citizen who would embrace a collectivist form of life. This book tells the story of what happened to the people resettled in Arthurdale and how the policies implemented there shaped America as we know it. Arthurdale was the foundation upon which modern America was built. Details economic history at the micro level, revealing the true effects of New Deal economic policies on everyday life Addresses the pros and cons of federal government economic policies Describes how good intentions and grand ideas can result in disastrous consequences, not only in purely materialistic terms but, most important, in respect for the rule of law Back to the Land is a valuable addition to economic and historical literature.

Author : Martin L. Berman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthurdale, Nambe, and the Developing Community School Model written by Martin L. Berman and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amanda Griffith Penix
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439617732
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arthurdale written by Amanda Griffith Penix and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In August 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt visited the impoverished coal communities of north central West Virginia. Suffering from the effects of the Great Depression, these coal families looked to the First Lady for help out of the devastating economic times. Her visit spurred the creation of Arthurdale, the nations first New Deal Homestead Community. Arthurdale quickly became known as Eleanors Little Village because of the First Ladys involvement with the project. She visited the community often to dine, dance, and converse with the homesteaders and to attend high school graduations. In addition to the creation of new housing, Arthurdale featured a community business center, state-of-the-art school buildings, a craft industry, an industrial factory, and home-based agricultural production. Although not a financial triumph for the federal government, the social success of the community is immeasurable.