Journal of the Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Volume 1Henry Barnard B. Cranston & Company, 1846 - Education |
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... reference , by an index to the various topics discussed in the several volumes and pamphlets which it is my intention to pre- pare as one of the series of Educational Tracts . 5. By recommending and aiding in the formation and proceed ...
... reference , by an index to the various topics discussed in the several volumes and pamphlets which it is my intention to pre- pare as one of the series of Educational Tracts . 5. By recommending and aiding in the formation and proceed ...
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... by school committees , and especially in reference to schools which from their location might become under good teachers , models in all the essential features 10 Mr. Barnard's Report . By an itinerating normal school agency.
... by school committees , and especially in reference to schools which from their location might become under good teachers , models in all the essential features 10 Mr. Barnard's Report . By an itinerating normal school agency.
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... references , the places where they had taught ; and on the other hand , the kind of teacher wanted by any district , the grade of school , number of scholars , rate of compensation , & c . & c . , and thus assisting good teachers to ...
... references , the places where they had taught ; and on the other hand , the kind of teacher wanted by any district , the grade of school , number of scholars , rate of compensation , & c . & c . , and thus assisting good teachers to ...
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... reference to elementary principles . With many children , their education , so far as books are con- cerned , terminates with the schoolroom , from the want of access to a library . These two wants I have aimed to supply to some extent ...
... reference to elementary principles . With many children , their education , so far as books are con- cerned , terminates with the schoolroom , from the want of access to a library . These two wants I have aimed to supply to some extent ...
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... reference to the organization of school districts , as would dispense with all special legislation in future , and embrace within itself clear and precise directions for carry- ing all its own details into effect ; and the whole ...
... reference to the organization of school districts , as would dispense with all special legislation in future , and embrace within itself clear and precise directions for carry- ing all its own details into effect ; and the whole ...
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Page 165 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 172 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 131 - To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 165 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the Sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the Earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 129 - As is the teacher so will be the school" has become an axiom among educators on this, as well as on the other side of the Atlantic, and the character of the teachers employed in the public schools of this state, will depend on the fidelity and intelligence with which the provisions of this section are acted upon by the authority named therein. If they insist, before signing the certificate of qualification of any...
Page 4 - Board, collect information of the actual condition and efficiency of the Common Schools, and other means of popular education, and diffuse as widely as possible throughout every part of the Commonwealth, information of the most approved and successful methods of arranging the studies, and conducting the education of the young, to the end that all children in this Commonwealth, who depend upon Common Schools for instruction, may have the best education which those schools can be made to impart.
Page 153 - The diffusion of knowledge, as well as of virtue, among the people, being essential to the preservation of their rights and liberties, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly to promote public schools, and to adopt all means which they may deem necessary and proper to secure to the people the advantages and opportunities of education.
Page 133 - Any person conceiving himself aggrieved may appeal or petition to the commissioner of education who is hereby authorized and required to examine and decide the same; and the...
Page 123 - When two or more districts shall be consolidated into one, the new district shall succeed to all the rights of property possessed by the annulled districts.
Page 86 - SEC. 5. Special meetings may be held at such other times and places as the Board or the President shall determine.