Callaway Chalkboards: Remembering Callaway County’s Rural Schoolhouses

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Winner of the 2024 Award for Scholarship & Artistry from the Country School Association of America, Callaway Chalkboards is a trip down memory lane to a time when more than 140 one-room schools handled the essential role of public education in Callaway County, Missouri. To the generations of students and families whose lives they touched, these schools are cloaked in nostalgia. They have become symbols of the community values and a more simplistic rural life that is that is so deeply embedded in our consciousness today. Enjoy stories from students and teachers, discover the black students' experience from freedom to integration, and learn about the organization of the public school system. Beautifully illustrated with photos of the schools and students, plus maps to all of the historic schools, this hard cover volume is a good read for young and old.