A Diversity of Ages

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This file appears in: Waters Schoolhouse

How best to teach different ages of children, which learned at different levels, was a constant challenge faced by teachers in one-room schools. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: Waters Schoolhouse

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #2198 in Murray commemorates the one-room schoolhouse that teacher Joseph Spillman Waters established in Calloway County. In 1838, the Kentucky General Assembly created the…