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Stacy, Jason – American Educational History Journal, 2010
There are six oversized boxes in the New York Historical Society that contain the remains of the Public School Society (PSS), New York City's first experiment with publicly-funded education. They are filled with the detritus of the Society's nearly fifty years: recommendations for prospective teachers from their clergymen, student certificates of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational History, Ethical Instruction, Competition