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Today, the term "diabetes" most commonly refers to diabetes mellitus. Diabetes mellitus is itself an umbrella term for a number of different diseases involving problems processing sugars that have been consumed (glucose metabolism). Historically, this is the "diabetes" which has been associated with sugary urine .
In 1920, the California State Legislature's Special Legislative Committee on Education conducted a comprehensive investigation of California's educational system. The Committee's final report, drafted by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, explained that the system's chaotic ad hoc development had resulted in the division of jurisdiction over education at the state level between 23 separate boards ...
The state superintendent of public instruction (SPI) of California is the nonpartisan (originally partisan) elected executive officer of the California Department of Education. The SPI directs all functions of the Department of Education, executes policies set by the California State Board of Education, and also heads and chairs the Board. The ...
A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution. [1] [2] [3] The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state, or province. Frequently, a board of directors power with ...
Pages in category "State boards of education in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
And Boston, Massachusetts, claims in 1799 it established the first board of health and the first health department, with Paul Revere named as the first health officer. [5] [6] Modern Local health departments may be entities of local or state government and often report to a mayor, city council, county board of health or county commission.
He was born in Scotland, and received his medical education at Edinburgh. He became a surgeon in the Royal Artillery in 1776, and then served in the West Indies. In 1778 the University of St Andrews made him M.D. [ 2 ] He was stationed in St. Lucia in 1778–9 and in Barbados in 1781. [ 3 ]
It became First Normal School, a public institution, by an act of the California State Legislature on May 2, 1862, [9] and ultimately became San Jose State University. Dunbar Elementary School was established in 1857 near its present location. [10] Vernon School was established in what is now Verona, Sutter County, California in 1857. The ...