Amidst the cornfields and prairies of northeast Kansas, a limestone-clad schoolhouse sits on a dirt road across from an old farmhouse. In the morning, its bell rings loud and clear across the fields, reminding students to show up to class on time or else earn the sharp rebuke of their teacher. Granted, “students” to this historic school usually show up today wearing jeans and t-shirts, pulling up in 21st-century cars rather than wooden carts or on horseback, and tapping away on smartphones instead of slates. But stepping through the doorway…
