FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1838. Stitched, 75pp. Untrimmed, scattered foxing, Good+. 'Senate...No. 26' at head of title.
When Mann took office as Secretary, the free public school system was characterized by "short school terms, dilapidated and unsanitary school-houses, untrained and underpaid teachers, and irrational methods of teaching. He brought to his new duties such a degree of courage, vision and wisdom that during the brief twelve years in which he held office, the Massachusetts school system was almost completely transformed" [DAB]. This first Report was significant for its "presentation and discussion of school problems of crucial importance. The needs and remedies growing out of these problems are set forth with convincing clearness and with the fervor of a prophet and reformer" [Id.].
Edward Everett was President of the Board of Education, whose membership included Mann, Jared Sparks, and Robert Rantoul Jr.
FIRST EDITION. AI 51561 [5]. Item #35636
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