The National Teacher; A Monthly Educational Journal Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 edition. Excerpt: ...you obey this order; when you are ready to obey, the door is open for you to reenter.'" We have long held that the right to exclude temporarily a pupil from school was, in the absence of law to the contrary, inherent in the teacher's office, and that the exercise of this right under some circumstances is a necessity. The courts are with great unanimity sustaining the rightful authority of the schools. California is to try the experiment of compulsory education. The law which lakes effect July 1st, provides that persons having charge of children between the ages of eight arid fourteen shall send them to a public or private school for at least two-thirds of the school year of tho district in which the children reside. Exceptions are allowed in cases of bodily or mental weakness, sickness or extreme poverty of parents, and when children have already acquired a good knowledge of the branches of study taught in the primary schools, or when they reside more than one mile by the ne.urest traveled road from the public school. The penalty imposed on parents and guardians is $20 for the first offense, and $oO for each subsequent offense. This law brings the school system of California nearer the Prussian model than that of any other American state. The text-books used in all the schools, and the course of study and instruction are prescribed by a State Board, and even the questions used by county and cily examiners in the examination of teachers are prepared and prescribed by the State Board of Examination, which has also power to grant four grades of state certificates. In no other state is teaching as fully recognized as a profession as in California. We hope soon to give an outline of its system of certificates. A Friend in New York City gives us a...