American Spirit in Education
Series: Chronicles of America, Part 33
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: May 20, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780766160118
Subjects: American history; The Americas; United States - General; Education; History; History / United States / General; History - U.S.
First sentence: THE origin of the American public school must be sought in New England, not because the schools of Massachusetts were the first in time - for Virginia, if not New Netherland, may dispute that primacy - but because New England has been the teacher of the nation's teachers.