Young educationalists get a real taste of the story behind schools and education as we examine the amazing teaching practices and types of schools which existed past and present. Readers will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that our ancestors employed, and explore some unusual teaching methods which take place today. Find out Young educationalists get a real taste of the story behind schools and education as we examine the amazing teaching practices and types of schools which existed past and present. Readers will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that our ancestors employed, and explore some unusual teaching methods which take place today. Find out about Neolithic cave school, the charity boarding school in Dickensian times, England, where pupils shared their boarding rooms with chickens and turkeys, or the one room school in Nebraska where the handful of pupils ride to school on horses.