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The Rise of the High School in Massachusetts (No. 45)

The Rise of the High School in Massachusetts (No. 45)

Inglis, Alexander James

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General Education

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ISBN10: 1151126810
ISBN13: 9781151126818
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.31 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1911. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER II LEGAL PROVISIONS REGARDING SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MASSACHUSETTS The rise and development of the secondary school in Massachusetts had a very intimate relation with state legislation. At a very early period the state assumed the right to require the establishment and maintenance of secondary schools and to control the character of them. The various subsequent acts of the legislature fostered these principles and by the beginning of the second quarter of the nineteenth century these various acts had set up a standard for secondary schools which was settled in its policy, definite in its requirements, and essentially complete in its scope. From that time on various minor changes were made in the statutory provisions and several attempts were made to limit the scope of the law, but the former did not alter the essential character of the legal provisions and the latter were but temporary measures which were soon repealed. To trace the development of the legal provisions in Massachusetts so far as they affect the secondary school is the aim of the chapter. 1. The Statutes Prev1ous To 1827 Legislation pertaining to the establishment and maintenance of higher public schools in Massachusetts had its beginning in the well known law passed by the General Court in 1647.1 It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their towne to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and reade, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in generall, by the way of 1 Records of the Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, Nov. 11, 1647, II, page 203. supply...

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