In the old days, whenever a group of homesteaders settled down in Nebraska, they opened up a school as a first order of business. But they never could bring themselves to close one down. In the last 30 years, thousands of farm families have moved to the cities, but the folks who stayed behind still stubbornly refuse to give up their schools. Last week State Superintendent Freeman B. Decker announced the result: the number of farm kids has dropped 50%, the number of rural schools only 5%. Of the 6,400 rural school districts left,...
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