Author : Gary Hermalyn
Release : 1995-07-01
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 319/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Morris High School and the Creation of the New York City Public High School System by : Gary Hermalyn

Download or read book Morris High School and the Creation of the New York City Public High School System written by Gary Hermalyn. This book was released on 1995-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1896, the School Reform Law provided the reorganization of the New York City Board of Education & the creation of the first public high schools in the city. In September of 1897, the Boys' High School, later named DeWitt Clinton High School, & the Girls' High School, later named Wadleigh High School, were opened in Manhattan. The third school to open was the North Side, in what is now the Bronx. There were both male & female students so it was named the Mixed High School &, soon after, the Peter Cooper High School. It was, in 1901, renamed Morris High School in honor of Gouverneur Morris, the penman of the Constitution. The study is chronological. It has a brief historical background of the New York public school system between 1805 & 1896, including the reform movement led by Nicholas Murray Butler. This is followed by an explanation of the changes in the Board of Ed between 1896 & 1904 including City Superintendent William Maxwell's contributions. The major portion of the book is the history of Morris High School from 1897, when it opened, to 1904, when its new building was dedicated. The Morris High School building was to be the master work of its architect, C.B.J. Snyder.