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Nineteenth Century SchoolBoardsEugene F. Provenzo Jr. aa University of Miami ,Published online: 20 Jun 2008.

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EDUCATIONAL STUDIES, 43: 278–279, 2008Copyright C© American Educational Studies AssociationISSN: 0013-1946 print / 1532-6993 onlineDOI: 10.1080/00131940802117944

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Nineteenth Century School Boards

FIGURE 1 “Before the School Board,” illustrations published in Harper’s Weekly, February10, 1877.

Schools boards were first established during the Colonial era in the United States.In New England, school matters were originally addressed in town meeting. Bostonestablished its first school board in 1721. School boards have been dominated byprofessionals and businessmen—almost always men. A 1927 study of schoolboards in the United States indicated that only 10.2% of school board memberswere women. Among the primary task of local school boards during the nineteenthcentury was the hiring and firing of teachers, a process illustrated in the etchingtaken from an 1877 edition of Harper’s Weekly.

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Time Exposures: Visual Explorations in the History of American Educationhttp://www.education.miami.edu/ep/Time%20Exposures/index.html

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