Draft:Public School Society
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New York Public School Society was formed in 1805,[1] as a private school organization which was anti-slavery with concerns about the poor in New York City. It was also known as the Public School Society, and originally the Free School Society.
History
[edit]The Free School Society organized by philanthropists in 1805, and was chartered by the New York state legislature to teach poor children. It received grants from the city and the state and, starting in 1815, funding from the new State Common School Fund. By 1826 it was renamed the Public School Society and operated eight schools with 345 pupils, with separate departments for boys and girls. They were taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion.
Although a private organization, the Public School Society dominated the educational scene, enrolling thousands of pupils in a system that grew to 74 schools. By 1834, its schools were integrated into the Public School Society.[2]
Peter Augustus Jay (lawyer) served as its president.[3]
Public School 9 (historic building)
Philip A. White's mother worked at it's building.
History of the Public School Society of the City of New York by William Oland Bourne, New York City (1870)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bourne, William Oland (1870). History of the Public School Society of the City of New York. Wood. ISBN 978-0-608-43839-9 – via Google Books.
- ^ John L. Rury, "The New York African Free School, 1827-1836: Community Conflict over Community Control of Black Education," Phylon 44#3 (1983) pp. 187–197 online. https://doi.org/10.2307/274931
- ^ Cutler, William W. "Status, Values and the Education of the Poor: The Trustees of the New York Public School Society, 1805-1853" American Quarterly, Vol.24, No.1, (Mar.,1972) pp 72. The Johns Hopkins University Press https://doi.org/10.2307/2711915