Would your students believe that a 3-month school year might not be a good thing? Would you believe that Nintendo is concerned with children"s education? Believe it or not, there"s lots of fascinating information about schools in Kentucky. You won"t believe how much things have changed, and how much they"ve stayed the same. Kentucky students once wrote on birch bark and had to make their own ink; now they use pink candy-filled erasers! In the eighteenth century, Thomas Jefferson lamented the lack of science teachers - this sounds familiar today! This book will teach you about the history of schools in Kentucky, but mostly it will help you and your students see that school can be interesting . . . and there"s always more to learn. Free teacher"s guide gives specific suggestions and instructions on how to get max educational value from this book. Something students & teachers can enjoy equally together - perhaps the best lesson of all?!