Sentence examples for System of public instruction from inspiring English sources

For a long time the British at home were greatly opposed to any system of public instruction for the Indians, just as they were for their own people.

The contention that government had no right to finance high schools remained an issue until the 1870s, when Michigan's supreme court, finding for the city of Kalamazoo in litigation brought by a taxpayer, declared the high school to be a necessary part of the state's system of public instruction.

Modern social and economic differentiation "implies a need for a differentiated system of public instruction to meet the needs of all social classes, [wherein] the attempt to form all citizens in a rigorously identical mold would be utterly inappropriate.

Upon achieving their independence, governments throughout Africa and Asia quickly established systems of public instruction that sought to help achieve a sense of national identity in societies historically divided by tribal, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and geographic differences.

"This is in no way, shape or form an attack on teachers; it is a comprehensive effort to reform a system," said Tony Bennett, the superintendent of public instruction in Indiana, where demonstrators have also besieged the Capitol in opposition to bills supported by Dr. Bennett and Gov. Mitch Daniels, a Republican.

The chief procurator of the Holy Synod attempted to build up a rival system of parochial schools under the control of the Orthodox clergy, and the minister of public instruction tried to return to the class system of Nicholas I.

Arizona has a quarter of all the charter schools in the country, and nearly 5% of its pupils are outside traditional public schools.Eventually, says the state's superintendent of public instruction, Lisa Graham Keegan, the public education system will be transformed.

The state's educational system is headed by a board of education and a superintendent of public instruction.

The public school system is controlled by an elected Board of Education, which delegates administrative responsibilities to an appointed superintendent of public instruction.

Robert Jefferson was appointed superintendent of public instruction under Governor William Owsley and became known as the father of Kentucky's public education system.

Two Democrats ran last year for superintendent of public instruction.