Proceedings of the Annual MeetingAmerican Association of School Administrators., 1891 Records of meetings, papers, etc. of the department are also to be found in Proceedings of the National Education Association. |
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... reasons for non - attendance . To the clear cases of disobedience to the law have been added all doubtful cases . The uniform presumption has been in favor of disobedience ; and unless this presumption could be overcome by positive ...
... reasons for non - attendance . To the clear cases of disobedience to the law have been added all doubtful cases . The uniform presumption has been in favor of disobedience ; and unless this presumption could be overcome by positive ...
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... reasons that may be learned for non - attend- ance at school . Thus , in the year 1886 , I learned from these books that there were in Boston 70,090 children from five to fifteen years of age . Note , if you please , that the lower age ...
... reasons that may be learned for non - attend- ance at school . Thus , in the year 1886 , I learned from these books that there were in Boston 70,090 children from five to fifteen years of age . Note , if you please , that the lower age ...
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... reasons in each individual case for the reported non - attendance ; sometimes , indeed , it is to inquire whether the report itself be not a mistake . The census - books contain remarks from which much may be learned . But I have it in ...
... reasons in each individual case for the reported non - attendance ; sometimes , indeed , it is to inquire whether the report itself be not a mistake . The census - books contain remarks from which much may be learned . But I have it in ...
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... reasons , to be stated further on . We have left now a class of cases in which the testimony is either con- flicting or imperfect , or both . In the cases where the testimony is con- flicting there must appear clear reason for rejecting ...
... reasons , to be stated further on . We have left now a class of cases in which the testimony is either con- flicting or imperfect , or both . In the cases where the testimony is con- flicting there must appear clear reason for rejecting ...
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... reason for doing so , we have the result already given , 500 or 600 cases of illegal staying out of school during one school year , among 50,000 children whom the law touches . May I not confidently say that the Massachusetts compulsory ...
... reason for doing so , we have the result already given , 500 or 600 cases of illegal staying out of school during one school year , among 50,000 children whom the law touches . May I not confidently say that the Massachusetts compulsory ...
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Page 210 - With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound.
Page 54 - Man is not born to solve the problem of the universe, but to find out what he has to do, and to restrain himself within the limits of his power of comprehension.
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Page 16 - No school shall be regarded as a school, under this act, unless there shall be taught therein, as part of the elementary education of children, reading, writing, arithmetic and United States history, in the English language.
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Page 16 - ... district in which he resides, which time shall commence with the beginning of the first term of the school year, or as soon thereafter as due notice shall be served upon the person having such control of his duty under this Act.