Progress of Popular Science in the United States (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Progress of Popular Science in the United StatesIt would be a'useless consumption of your time to give the details of education in its progress in all the New England States. They have always been distinguished for their excellent system of common education. It is, perhaps, to their example that New York owes the de tails of its system of common schools which we have described, and probably to this cause she'is chie¿y in debted for their present success and prosperity. The whole school fund of Connecticut, one of these States, productive and unproductive, was reported, in 1832, to be one million nine hundred and two thousand ninehundred and fifty - seven dollars and eighty-seven cents, and the interest accruing thereon amounted, at the same time, to eighty-six thousand two hundred and fifty-two dollars per annum, which is annually distributed through the State for the benefit of schools. In the small State of Rhode Island, in 1831, there were threehundred and twenty-three pub lic schools, in which were taught seventeen thousand and thirty-four pupils. In the State of Vermont there were, in 1834, one thousand six hundred and twelve public schools, which were required by statuteto be open for the reception of pupils for the term of three months in every year, In 1832 the State of New Jersey had, also, a school fund amounting, in all, to near two hundred and thirty thousand dollars.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.