New York State School for the Blind subagency history record.

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New York State School for the Blind subagency history record.

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New York (State). Education Dept.

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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 ...

New York State Institution for the Blind.

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New York State School for the Blind

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The New York State School for the Blind is a state-owned school operated through the State Education Department. Located in Batavia, New York, the school may receive legally blind children for enrollment from the minimum age of admission at five years old, until the course of study is complete or until 21 years of age (preschool through high school programs). Blind residents of the state of suitable age and capacity for instruction are eligible, and appointments a...