As late as the 1950's there was no degree requirement to teach in Ohio. -------------- Original message -------------- From: Jknitl@aol.com > > In a message dated 5/23/2006 3:04:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > Sftrail@aol.com writes: > > For your aunt to have been a school principal, I'd think she would have > gone > to > college somewhere. > > > > Not necessarily. I taught school in the 1970s in Atlanta and the principal > of the school (K-8) never went to college. The requirements were stiffer by > the 70s, but he was grandfathered in. > > So, in the 1890s it's quite possible there was no such requirement. My > grandmother taught school in Indiana in the 1920s and she went to a special > school for teachers in Indianapolis which was only a year or less. > > There were many teacher schools and Normal Colleges for teachers to prepare, > with varying lengths of preparation. > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > Butler County OHGenWeb genealogy site ~ > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler >