Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools of the City of Philadelphia, for the Year (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.1889 Excerpt: ... Superintendent oi Public Schools. To the Board of Public Education, First School District of Pennsylvania. In-submitting my Annual Report for the year 1888, it gives me great satisfaction to say that the year has been marked by substantial progress in every department of the organization and administration of the School System. The number of pupils has increased; several new buildings, with many valuable improvements in construction, arrangement and sanitary provisions, have been opened; the teachers have shown a still larger measure of zeal in carrying forward the work of instruction; a fuller knowledge of the principles involved in the revised courses has been manifested; and. the examinations have yielded results that clearly indicate the progress made by the pupils under these favoring influences. Not less gratifying than these evidences of improvement has been the growing interest of the public in the schools. The people have been brought into closer contact and sympathy with the teachers and their work; a better knowledge of the character and aims of the public schools has been spreading, and a more active concern in everything that relates to their welfare and advancement has been shown in many ways. The exhibition of pupils' work, held a year ago, was a striking proof of the changes which the methods of instruction, as well as the public sentiment, have undergone. The various exhibits set forth, as nothing else could, the new features in the development and training of the pupils which have been introduced into the schools, and the satisfaction expressed by the many thousands who thronged Horticultural Hall told how deep and real is the interest which tile people of Philadelphia.take in the education of their children. These matters will be more ful...