The Township High Schools of Ohio, Vol. 7 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Township High Schools of Ohio, Vol. 7 At the close of the first quarter century Ohio's educational history there were only a few poorly supported elementary schools, taught by uncertificated teachers, and a few academies attended by those who could afford to pay tuition and taught by students or graduates of eastern colleges or of the three Ohio colleges already established, Ohio, Miami, or Kenyon. By the year 1853, or during the next twenty-five years, great changes had taken place. A fair system of elementary schools had been organized, taught by teachers who had been examined in all the branches except four that are required at present for elementary certificates. From 1825 to 1838 there were Examiners of Schools, whose duties were to visit the schools and to examine teachers. From 1838 to 1853 the township clerk acted as township superintendent. One county - Ashtabula - had a county superintendent appointed by the county commissioners under the law of 1847. During this and the succeeding twenty-five-year period - to 1873 - there was a very rapid increase in the number of academies and colleges. In 1847 the famous Akron law was enacted. This law permitted the city of Akron to levy a tax for the improvement of its schools. From its passage dates the beginning of the graded school system in Ohio. In 1853 a general law provided for establishing schools of a higher grade than elementary schools. By this act, Township Boards of Education could establish a high school if the people so decided by vote. Practically the same law remained in force until 1873, when it was so changed that a township high school could be established by a majority vote of the board of education. Only two mills could be levied for high school purposes. The Bill of Rights of 1802 contains the following provisions: "No law shall be passed to prevent the poor in the several counties and townships in this State from an equal participation in the schools, academies, colleges, and universities, within the State, which are endowed in whole or in part from the revenues arising from the donations made by the United States for the support of schools and colleges, and the doors of said schools, academies, and universities shall be open for the reception of scholars, students, and teachers of every grade without any distinction whatever." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.