Many of my ancestors were involved in teaching during the 1800's and 1900's in Butler County....some of whom moved on to other areas, such as Texas. My Grandmother Scott taught in a one-room schoolhouse, after completing her education with her friend, my Grandmother Williams, at Oberlin College, following being educated at the school house at Shandon. Many of those that I knew about were schooled at Miami U., Oxford. Others I knew about just taught with a certificate. Now, my niece home-schools her 6 children in Tennessee, after taking classes to learn how on the internet, because she doesn't like the school system there...interesting ALMINA HUGHES <ERSKINE-ALMINA@msn.com> wrote: Talking about the education of a teacher depends on the time frame when the person taught. Here in the midwest back in the early days of settlement and thereafter in many states you only had to have so many years of schooling and take a test and you could be a teacher. Then I imagine after so many years of teaching and if needed you moved up to be the principal or administrator. I have friends in their 70's and 80's who started out in their teaching careers with only a certificate gained after taking a test. Maybe that would explain this situation in Ohio too. Just a thought! ----- Original Message ----- From: Sftrail@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 2:08 PM To: OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] teacher education My grandparents farmed near Okeana, but both went to college for several years in the early 1890s. They went to Otterbein College in Westerville OH. During that time period, there were also colleges in Cincinnati and of course Miami U. For your aunt to have been a school principal, I'd think she would have gone to college somewhere. You had posted some info on the Hynes family on this page near the bottom: _http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/sur-a499.htm_ (http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/sur-a499.htm) back in 1999 from another email address, but nothing about her schooling Nancy Sween In a message dated 5/23/2006 1:34:37 PM Central Daylight Time, unicorn1945@sbcglobal.net writes: I'm wondering if someone on the List may know something about the "what" and "where" of post high school education necessary to be a teacher in the Hamilton City School District. My aunt, Nelle Hynes of Overpeck, graduated from Hamilton High School in 1895/6 and had a career as an elementary teacher and principal in the city school district. Thank you. Kathleen Dewey ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio ~ http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/index.html