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Domestic News
December 30, 1837
The Phenix
Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
A meeting in New York last week addressed the poor state of U.S. common schools, highlighting mismanagement of 80,000 schoolhouses, ignorant low-paid teachers, and only 1 million of 4.5 million children receiving instruction.
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Common Schools.—At a meeting held in New York last week, for the purpose of considering the condition and means of improving the common schools of the U. S. it was stated, that there are eighty thousand common school houses in the United States the greater part of which are entirely mismanaged.—The teachers were generally represented as being ignorant men, receiving on an average, only eleven dollars a month, while the farm laborer receives on an average, thirteen. It was also stated, that of four millions five hundred thousand children in the United States, only one million receive instruction.
What sub-type of article is it?
Education
What keywords are associated?
Common Schools
New York Meeting
Education Reform
School Mismanagement
Teacher Pay
Child Instruction
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Event Date
Last Week
Outcome
eighty thousand common school houses, mostly mismanaged; teachers ignorant and paid $11/month on average (less than farm laborers at $13); only 1 million of 4.5 million children receive instruction.
Event Details
Meeting held to consider condition and improvement of U.S. common schools; statements on mismanagement, teacher quality and pay, and child instruction rates.