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//-->A NEDUCATIONAMERICANSOCIETYININTRODUCTIONroCOURTESY OF '1C FY ART MUSEUM, ST .soulThe Counfly School by Winslow HomerINTRODUCTIONAA'EDUCATIONAMERICANSOCIETYA Text with ReadingsB Y20RAYMOND E. CALLAHANWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYFOREWORD B YGeorge S . CountsS E C O N D E D I T I O NAlfred•A •Knopf6NEW YORK1964L . C . catalog card number 60-6471© RAYMOND E . CALLAHAN, 1956, 1960THIS IS A BORZOI BOOR,PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A . KNOPF, INC.Copyright 1956, 196o byRAYMOND E . CALLAHAN .All rights re-served. No part of this book may be reproduced in any formwithout permission in writing from the publisher, except by areviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printedin a magazine or newspaper . Manufactured in the United Statesof America and distributed by Random House, Inc . Published inCanada by Random House of Canada, Limited .PUBLISHEDSECOND EDITION, REVISED,1956,REPRINTED FIVE TIMES1960;REPRINTED 1961, 1963,1964FOREWORDBY GEORGE S. COUNTSthe great struggle to establish their system of public schools-a struggle which they eventually carried through successfullythroughout the nation . While we maintain private schools in great di-versity in accordance with our traditions of freedom, the unique Ameri-c an contribution to the history of educational institutions is the "edua-"ementary. 5_ecQadary,__andhigher . schools,all supported by-publictaxation. Within the limits of family circum-stance and the assistance of various benefactions, the individual mayclimb as high on this ladder as his abilities permit and his inclinationsdictate . The content of programs and the level of standards are adjustedto a wide range of talents, aptitudes, and interests .The growth of this system from its simple beginnings, and particularlysince the opening of the present century, has shattered the conceptionsand surpassed the expectations of its founders . Today, despite the factthat other nations have been engaged for some time in the radical ex-tension of the opportunities of organized education to more and morechildren and youth, our secondary and higherschoolsenroll a far largerproportion of young people of appropriate age than do those of anyother count Here without doubt is one of the most distinctive featuresand one of the most authentic expressions of our.lemoerary It is as trulyAmerican as our constitutional system .The total achievement of this system of schools, as it has ministeredto the needs of each succeeding generation, cannot be measured by anycalculus known to man . Yet we do know that with all of its deficienciesand imperfections it has contributed mightily to the building of Amer-ica .[Without it the course of our history would have been profoundlydifferent . Without it our democratic institutions could scarcely haveendured. Without it a regime of liberty could not have been establishedover such a vast territory . Without it the fabulously productive indus-trial economy, with its insatiable demands for skills, knowledges, re-SIOMETHING OVER A CENTURY AGO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LAUNCHED [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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//-->A NEDUCATIONAMERICANSOCIETYININTRODUCTIONroCOURTESY OF '1C FY ART MUSEUM, ST .soulThe Counfly School by Winslow HomerINTRODUCTIONAA'EDUCATIONAMERICANSOCIETYA Text with ReadingsB Y20RAYMOND E. CALLAHANWASHINGTON UNIVERSITYFOREWORD B YGeorge S . CountsS E C O N D E D I T I O NAlfred•A •Knopf6NEW YORK1964L . C . catalog card number 60-6471© RAYMOND E . CALLAHAN, 1956, 1960THIS IS A BORZOI BOOR,PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A . KNOPF, INC.Copyright 1956, 196o byRAYMOND E . CALLAHAN .All rights re-served. No part of this book may be reproduced in any formwithout permission in writing from the publisher, except by areviewer who may quote brief passages in a review to be printedin a magazine or newspaper . Manufactured in the United Statesof America and distributed by Random House, Inc . Published inCanada by Random House of Canada, Limited .PUBLISHEDSECOND EDITION, REVISED,1956,REPRINTED FIVE TIMES1960;REPRINTED 1961, 1963,1964FOREWORDBY GEORGE S. COUNTSthe great struggle to establish their system of public schools-a struggle which they eventually carried through successfullythroughout the nation . While we maintain private schools in great di-versity in accordance with our traditions of freedom, the unique Ameri-c an contribution to the history of educational institutions is the "edua-"ementary. 5_ecQadary,__andhigher . schools,all supported by-publictaxation. Within the limits of family circum-stance and the assistance of various benefactions, the individual mayclimb as high on this ladder as his abilities permit and his inclinationsdictate . The content of programs and the level of standards are adjustedto a wide range of talents, aptitudes, and interests .The growth of this system from its simple beginnings, and particularlysince the opening of the present century, has shattered the conceptionsand surpassed the expectations of its founders . Today, despite the factthat other nations have been engaged for some time in the radical ex-tension of the opportunities of organized education to more and morechildren and youth, our secondary and higherschoolsenroll a far largerproportion of young people of appropriate age than do those of anyother count Here without doubt is one of the most distinctive featuresand one of the most authentic expressions of our.lemoerary It is as trulyAmerican as our constitutional system .The total achievement of this system of schools, as it has ministeredto the needs of each succeeding generation, cannot be measured by anycalculus known to man . Yet we do know that with all of its deficienciesand imperfections it has contributed mightily to the building of Amer-ica .[Without it the course of our history would have been profoundlydifferent . Without it our democratic institutions could scarcely haveendured. Without it a regime of liberty could not have been establishedover such a vast territory . Without it the fabulously productive indus-trial economy, with its insatiable demands for skills, knowledges, re-SIOMETHING OVER A CENTURY AGO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE LAUNCHED [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]