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Memories of Cedar Rapids classrooms span eight decades
Elizabeth McMillan recalls teaching in 1933 with eight grades in a one room Iowa school and compares it to 1980 at Kenwood Elementary with up to eight levels. She notes heated stoves, hornets, snakes, scarce books, growing class sizes, and a shift toward Back-to-Basics and beefed up curriculums in Cedar Rapids.
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Elizabeth McMillan
Iowa
Kenwood
E Ave
McMillan
Cedar Rapids
Waverly
van Buren Elementary
29Th St