Applications from school districts for reimbursement for classroom equipment purchased, 1916-1924.

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Applications from school districts for reimbursement for classroom equipment purchased, 1916-1924.

These applications were submitted by school district officials to obtain reimbursement of the cost of classroom equipment such as: maps and globes; equipment for viewing lantern slides; mechanical devises used to teach mathematics; and science equipment. Each application gives the following information: county, town, and school district number; name and address of school official; description and cost of items for which reimbursement is requested; affidavit from school official that items listed have been purchased; approval signature of district superintendent of schools, and number of teachers employed in school district.

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New York State's education system has antecedents in both English and Dutch colonial education. The Dutch, concerned with providing widespread general education, established tax-supported common schools under church and state control in most of New Netherland's communities. Under the English, who established a system of private or church-supported academies, emphasis was placed on advanced education of the elite and the common school system of the Dutch all but disappeared. In 1754 ...

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