American literacy was at its peak during the time of the one-room schoolhouse. The design of the schoolhouse dictated certain educational practices: children were taught at their own pace; children were taught in one room with children of different ages from first grade through eighth grade; and children did not pass from one level to the next until the material was learned. Hence, the need for extensive and time-consuming grading procedures was irrelevent.
The one-room schoolhouse follows the same principles as a traditional Islamic education, and is an excellent alternative for parents who do not feel they can teach on their own.
In the modern setting, the one-room schoolhouse would include three or four homeschooling families, who apply these same principles while sharing the responsibility of educating their children. If the funds were available, it could also be established as a tuition-based school and a person qualified to teach would work with an assistant to educate the children. The Kinza Academy curriculum would be adapted to fit the needs of the schoolhouse. The one-room schoolhouse would establish the basis for a community, and the families would work together to raise their children in the best possible manner.
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