Taking place in a small rural Colorado turn in the 1920s, The Secret School takes a serious look at the educational values and views of women at that point in American history. When the schoolteacher must leave town before the end of the school year, the school board decides to close the one-room schoolhouse rather than hire a new teacher to save some money. Crushed by this news is 14 year old Ida who now will not be able to take her exit exams to continue on to high school in the Fall.
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