Undermining the Common School Ideal: Intermediate Schools and Ungraded Classes in Boston, 1838-1900.

Osgood, Robert L.

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Publication Date: 1997

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Undermining the Common School Ideal: Intermediate Schools and Ungraded Classes in Boston, 1838-1900.

Osgood, Robert L.

History of Education Quarterly, v37 n4 p375-98 Win 1997

Contrasts the rhetoric and implementation of common schools (tax-supported, free public education) in 19th-century Boston with some subsequent educational discrimination. The Boston Public School system established intermediate schools and ungraded classes as a means of instructing illiterate immigrant children. It rapidly became a system of exclusion and stigmatization. (MJP)

Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Discrimination, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, High Risk Students, Immigrants, Public Education, Role of Education

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Massachusetts (Boston)

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