Massachusetts. Board of Education

Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish set policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in a Dept. of Education report 1961/1962.

Massachusetts Board of Education created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education.

The Board of Education was established in 1837 and abolished in 1919, when its functions were transferred with those of the Bureau of Immigration to the Department of Education.

Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in the Dept. of Education report 1961/1962.

Created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganized as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to establish policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in Dept. of Education report 1961/1962.

Massachusetts Board of Education created 1837; abolished in 1919 and reorganizedf as Massachusetts Dept. of Education; a Board of Education was reestablished later to set policy for the Dept. of Education and first mentioned in Dept. of Education report 1961/1962.

The Board of Education (sometimes referred to as the State Board of Education) was established by 1837, c 241. Originally consisting of the governor, lieutenant governor, and eight gubernatorial appointees, the board was charged with preparing annual abstracts of school returns, collecting information on the condition and efficiency of common schools, and diffusing to schools across the Commonwealth information concerning the most approved and successful methods of teaching.

Per St 1909, c 457 the board assumed functions of the Commission on Industrial Education. By 1919 its responsibilities had expanded to include the following: suggesting improvements to the public school system; visiting or appointing agents to visit municipalities and reporting on condition of their schools; general management of normal schools (later called teachers colleges); and examination of school teachers.

St 1919, c 350, ss 56-62 abolished the board and transferred its powers and duties along with those of the Bureau of Immigration to a new Dept. of Education.

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