Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Pennsylvania, Colonial and Federal, Vol. 3: A History, 1608-1903
The school history of Pennsylvania falls naturally into four sections. The first deals with education in the colonial period. The second treats of education during and after the revolution. Including the struggle for free schools. The third discusses the educational revival, including an account of the condition and forces that led to the legislation providing for the county superin tendency. State Normal schools and a separate school department. The fourth is devoted to the further legislation that was needed to perfect the system Of public instruction, and to a brief account of high schools and the other institutions of higher learning. 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.
