This discussion paper considers the identification and definition of the 'characteristic spirit' of publicly managed schools in the Republic of Ireland. Some international approaches to values in publicly funded schools are introduced along with relevant contextual aspects of Irish education including the cultural diversity and secularisation of…

Using a mixed methods approach this study explores characteristic spirit in the post-primary publicly managed sector as understood by teachers and key school personnel of Education and Training Board (ETB) schools and ETB staff. Prior to the Education Act (1998), characteristic spirit did not apply to the ETB sector, resulting in an absence of…

This is Volume 1 of the Report of the Commissioner of Education for the Year 1895-96, containing Part I. The volume begins with the Commissioner of Education's Introduction and a section entitled, State Common School Systems. Part I includes the following chapters: (1) Laws Relating to City School Boards; (2) The English Education Bill of 1896;…

Volume 1 begins with an introduction by the Commissioner of Education, followed by statistics of state school systems. Other chapters include: (1) general laws relating to agricultural and mechanical land-grant colleges; (2) Benjamin Franklin's influence on American education, written by Francis Newton Thorpe; (3) the college-bred negro; (4)…

Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction and includes state school-system statistics. Chapter I covers education in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Chapter II presents children's growth statistics collected in Worcester, Mass., Toronto, Ontario, and Milwaukee. Chapter III addresses German university pension and…