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Winter School Lecompton, Kansas

Kansas, and Douglas County in particular, were born in strife and bloodshed, so it is hoped that the [visitor] will have both charity and understanding for the efforts of the pioneers in their struggles to establish rural education in what was then a troubled and sparsely settled area.”

-Goldie Piper Daniels, 1976.

Rural Schools and Schoolhouses of Douglas County

The Winter School explores the historical and philosophical foundations of education. We use the one-room school era as a starting point to discover the origins and evolutions of our current school system. The opening exhibition called History, Notice Me asks “What is the goal of school?” and “Can it be neutral?”. To accompany this exhibition, we created an arts-based social studies curriculum featuring a series of videos, references and related activities. 

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