Only 400 to 700 of the small schoolhouses used to educate mostly rural students still are in use, and many of those are threatened by shrinking enrollment and increasing costs. An Associated Press ...

One-room schoolhouses used to be the lifeblood of rural American education. But over time, the number of them has dwindled. While such schools are becoming a rarity some still persist in many ...

At one time, there were an estimated 2,600 rural schools in Montana. Beginning with the missions and gold camps, schoolhouses became essential community institutions and in the era of statehood ...