TY - BOOK AU - Thomas,Sue ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - A second home: Missouri's early schools T2 - Missouri heritage readers AV - LA316 .T46 2006eb U1 - 370/.977809 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Columbia PB - University of Missouri Press KW - Education KW - Missouri KW - History KW - Schools KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-135) and index; Introduction : children on the frontier -- The first schools in upper Louisiana -- The Missouri Territory -- A new state -- The rural schoolhouse -- The rural schoolteacher -- The scholars' day -- Tools of learning -- The slow progress of common schools -- Rebuilding Missouri's school system "without regard to color" -- A gathering place; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "History of early schools in Missouri, including accounts of teaching materials and methods and schoolday activities. Describes schools in frontier settlements such as Ste. Genevieve. Discusses the beginnings of public education in the 1850s and the contributions of John Berry Meachum, James Milton Turner, and other African American leaders"--Provided by publisher UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10188302 ER -