NH's One-Room Rural Schools: Romance & Reality-7pm
Center Harbor Village Schoolhouse, 94 Dane Road/Route 25B, Center Harbor, NH FREE. Open to the public.

Hundreds of one-room schools dotted the landscape of New Hampshire a century ago and were the backbone of primary education for generations of children. Revered in literature and lore, these schools were actually beset with problems, some of which are little changed today. The greatest issue was financing the local school and the vast differences between taxing districts in ability to support education. Other concerns included teacher preparation and quality, curriculum, discipline, student achievement and community involvement in the educational process. Speaker Steve Taylor explores the lasting legacies of the one-room school and how they echo today.

About the Speaker: Steve Taylor is an independent scholar, farmer, journalist, and longtime public official. With his sons, Taylor operates a dairy, maple syrup, and cheese making enterprise in Meriden Village. He has been a newspaper reporter and editor, and served for 25 years as New Hampshire’s Commissioner of Agriculture. Taylor was the founding executive director of the New Hampshire Humanities Council and is a lifelong student of the state's rural culture.

This program was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities