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LeCompte, Karon; Nicol, Tom – American Educational History Journal, 2005
This article describes the rise, diminution, and reorganization of East Texas Oilfield schools which was defined by the socio-economic conditions of the oil era, from the mid-nineteenth century until the third quarter of the twentieth century. Citizens of East Texas seized the opportunity at the time of oil discovery to provide superior school…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Fuels, Institutional Mission, School Restructuring