CSAA Prize on Country Schooling

$300 Prize Offered for Entries on Country Schooling

The Country School Association of America will give the 2008 CSAA Award for Scholarship and Artistry for the best essay, thesis/dissertation, book, website, or video on an aspect of country schooling. The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2008. The winner will be invited to deliver a presentation at the June 2008 meeting of the Country School Association of America, where she/he will be awarded a certificate and $300. Attendance at the conference is not required to be awarded the prize.

The CSAA Award Committee will consider work on a variety of topics, for example: historic and current school structures, teachers, teacher education, school and community relations, students’ experiences, religion, curriculum and supervision, country school restoration or reconstruction, programming in country school museums, legal issues, family schools, minority and/or immigrant experiences, consolidation, etc. The Committee reserves the right not to award a prize in any given year. 

The essay, thesis/dissertation, book, website or video should be submitted to the chair of the CSAA Award Committee by April 1, 2008. Electronic copies of essays and website addresses are welcome. Members of the CSAA Board of Directors and their families are ineligible for the CSAA Award.

Send submissions to ltownsend@niu.edu  or:

Dr. Lucy Townsend, CSAA Award Committee, Blackwell History of Education Museum, Learning Center, Gabel Hall, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL 60115