Author: Pennsylvania Controllers of the Public Schools for the First School DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Annual report of the Controllers of the Public Schools for the First School District of the State of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania Controllers of the Public Schools for the First School DistrictPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Mr. Lancaster's System
Author: Adam LaatsPublisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421449374
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
How a con artist "reformer" shaped America's modern public schools. Two centuries ago, London school reformer Joseph Lancaster swept into New York City to revolutionize its public schools. Pennsylvania and Massachusetts passed laws mandating Lancaster's methods, and cities such as Albany, Savannah, Detroit, and Baltimore soon followed. In Mr. Lancaster's System, Adam Laats tells the story of how this abusive, scheming reformer fooled the world into believing his system could provide free high-quality education for poor children. The system never worked as promised, but thanks to real work done by students, teachers, and families, Lancaster's failed reforms eventually led to the creation of the modern public school system. Lancaster's idea was simple: instead of hiring expensive adult teachers, Lancasterian schools made children teach one another to read, write, and behave properly. America's city leaders poured the equivalent of millions of dollars into the scheme, built specialized school buildings featuring Lancaster's teaching machines, and offered him a huge salary. In London, where Lancaster opened his first school, the enthusiasm of city leaders was quickly and similarly followed by scandal and dismay. Lancaster borrowed money—even from the king of England—and spent it on fancy carriage rides and cases of champagne. Even worse, Lancaster proved to be a sexual predator. Kicked out of London, Lancaster brought his simplistic plan to the United States. His school model didn't work any better in US cities than it had in London, and Lancaster himself never changed his abusive ways. Mr. Lancaster's System details how American cities created their first public schools out of the wreckage of Lancasterian failure. In the end, the most important people in this story are not self-proclaimed geniuses like Lancaster or elites like New York's mayor De Witt Clinton, but rather the thousands of parents and children who forced urban public schools to assume their modern shape.
The Register of Pennsylvania
Author: Samuel HazardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local history
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
The Pennsylvania School Journal
Author: Thomas Henry BurrowesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 874
Book Description
Pennsylvania School Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
School Reports as a Means of Securing Additional Support for Education in American Cities
Author: Mervin Gordon NealePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Catalogue of the Pedagogical Library and the Books of Reference in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Schools
Author: Philadelphia school district. Pedagogical libraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
1821-1830
Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Catalogue of the Books in the Manchester Public Free Library, Reference Department. Prepared by A. Crestadoro. (Vol. II. Comprising the Additions from 1864 to 1879.) [With the "Index of Names and Subjects".]
Author: Public Free Libraries (Manchester)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1126
Book Description
American Annals of Education and Instruction, and Journal of Literary Institutions
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 678
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