[Editors] Fwd: What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895
Debbie Levey
levey at MIT.EDU
Mon Sep 17 11:46:07 EDT 2007
>>This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas,
>>USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey
>>Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, KS, and
>>reprinted by the Salina Journal.
My two big questions are:
1) was the whole Salina curriculum geared to passing the test, as how
many schools now accommodate MCAS?
2) was this knowledge as useless for life and future employment
(farming for boys, running a household for girls) as much of today's
education?
Debbie
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