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Excerpt from History of Public School Education in Delaware What actually happened to Pennsylvania also happened to Dela ware. The government itself did nothing. What Was done'was the work in the main of private denominational activity. In'this work the Quakers and the Episcopalians led. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
An account of Delaware's experience of educational modernization led by Pierre S. du Pont, from a local-based collection of school districts to a coherent state system that by the 1930s ranked near the top in the nation.
Contained herein is a developed and researched history of Public School Education in Delaware, current as of 1917. Contents include: (1) Colonial growth and development; (2) The first attempts at State Education; (3) The beginnings of public schools; (4) The first State taxation for schools; (5) The State system: Administration of Groves and Williams, 1875 - 1887; (6) The State system: Administration of the State Board of Education, 1887 - 1893; (7) The State system: Reorganization and development, 1898 - 1913; (8) The reorganized State board of education and its report of 1913; the State superintendency reestablished; the more recent legislation; (9) Retrospect and prospect; and (10) Public school statistics. A bibliography and an index are provided. (Contains 3 tables. Individual chapters contain footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.].