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The history of water supply and sanitation is one of a logistical challenge to provide clean water and sanitation systems since the dawn of civilization. Where water resources, infrastructure or sanitation systems were insufficient, diseases spread and people fell sick or died prematurely. Astronaut Jack Lousma taking a shower in space, 1974
The first American schools in the Thirteen Colonies opened in the 17th century. [8] The first public schools in America were established by the Puritans in New England during the 17th century. Boston Latin School was founded in 1635. [9] Boston Latin School was not funded by tax dollars in its early days, however.
In the deep south (Georgia and South Carolina), schooling was carried out primarily by private venture teachers, [5] in "old field schools. These small schools were local, private subscription schools that often were built on exhausted farm fields. They usually operated for three months a year. [6] and in a hodgepodge of publicly funded ...
Milwaukee’s rivers went downhill fast after the height of European and early American settlement in the 1830s. For years the rivers were treated as open sewers and dumping grounds, leaving scars ...
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession (2014) Herbst, Juergen. The once and future school: Three hundred and fifty years of American secondary education (1996). Parkerson Donald H., and Jo Ann Parkerson. Transitions in American education: a social history of teaching (2001) online
Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003) Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989) Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996) Purvis, Thomas L. A Dictionary of American History (Blackwell 1997) Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr.
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800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. ... six classrooms were constructed, and the school become a teacher training institute. In 1935 the building became Eastern Junior ...