Report of the Superintendent of Common Schools of the State of New York; Together with the Reports of County Superintendents (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. 1844. Excerpt: ... other enterprises owe most of their success to the adoption of plans similar to those 1 have proposed; my views cannot, therefore, be regarded as either noel or visiorary. Nor am I alone in entertaining them. In some few instances, associations of teachers, and others friendly to the cause, are already formed and in successful operation. Let them become general, aye, universal, and an impulse will be given to the work before us, which will only tend, in an eminent degree, to effect its speedy accomplishment. With respects, your humble servant, Z. P. BURDICK, County Superintendent. RICHMOND COUNTY. To the Hon. Samuel Young, Superintendent of Common Schools: Dear Sir: Although the time for making the annual report on the state of the schools had expired, and the usual report had been made by the county clerk before my appointment, yet I consider it my duty to make an additional report, showing the way I have performed the duty required of me and the result. Knowing that union of action among those entrusted with the management of the schools was necessary to success, the first act that I performed was to call together the town superintendents for deliberation, and to agree, if possible, on some general principles which should govern our future actions in relation to the several duties required of us. At this meeting an entire union of opinions appeared, and certain resolutions were passed, expressive of those opinions. A time was then agreed on for a visitation of the schools in the several towns, which I commenced on the thirtieth of October, and finished in a little more than two weeks, in company with the town superintendents of the towns respectively. At this visit we found almost as many different systems of instruction pursued as there were schools in...