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Register of the Kentucky Historical Society (2012) 110#1, pp. 33–66. excerpt; Baldwin, Yvonne Honeycutt. Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America (University Press of Kentucky, 2006) Birdwhistell, Terry L. "Divided We Fall: State College and the Normal School Movement in Kentucky, 1880–1910."
A History of Kentucky (2nd ed 1988) pp 214–235, 359–379. online; Cone, Carl B. The University of Kentucky: A pictorial history (University Press of Kentucky, 2014) online. Cousins, James P. Horace Holley: Transylvania University and the Making of Liberal Education in the Early American Republic (University Press of Kentucky, 2016).
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
The shutdown at David followed years in which the coal industry in Eastern Kentucky had been down. Coal production in the region hit a post-World War II high of 47 million tons in 1947, and didn ...
This school was pronounced by the United States commissioner of education as a model school, and in many ways it extended its influence to raise and improve the standards of school work throughout Eastern Kentucky. [2] For a number of years, Beauchamp made a study of problems of prison reform, especially as affecting the handling of juvenile ...
The applicant said there are over 7,700 charter schools across 45 states, ”yet Kentucky represents none of these, even though every state bordering Kentucky has charter schools.“
Model is the first laboratory school established in Kentucky. It opened its doors on September 11, 1906 (four months prior to the opening of Eastern Kentucky State Normal School). It was initially organized as a private school to provide its students with facilities and opportunities of a superior level, as a demonstration school to acquaint ...
Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky; Hinton Rural Life Center, Hayesville, North Carolina; Jackson Area Ministries Resource and Training Center, Jackson, Ohio; Kingdom Come Settlement School, Linefork, Letcher County, Kentucky. Founded in 1924 by Methodists. [10] Lotts Creek Community School, Cordia, Knott County, Kentucky. Founded in ...