Tag: school
California’s Schools on Wheels Helped 1,000 Children Without Permanent Homes
In 1922, California was experimenting with a new idea: if children could not reliably get to school, then school would have to go to them….
Peabody Mourns Children Lost in School Blaze
The grief in Peabody, Massachusetts, settled into the homes of twenty-one families after fire swept through St. John’s Parochial School and trapped the young girls…
Fire Wrecks St. Mary’s Industrial School
In April 1919, a devastating fire tore through St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys in Baltimore, leaving behind wrecked buildings, injured men, and two dead…
76 Lost in South Carolina Schoolhouse Fire
In the small township of Cleveland, South Carolina, families had come together inside the schoolhouse, filling the building with neighbors, children, and familiar faces. But…
When Homework Was Called a National Crime
The debate over homework, overworked children, and the need for fresh air is not nearly as modern as it sounds. In 1900, editor Edward Bok…
