Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education

Report

By: Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education

Date: 1918

Source: Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior. Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education: A Report of the Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education, Appointed by the National Education Association. Bulletin No. 35. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918.

About the Commission: The Commission on the Reorganization of Secondary Education, chaired by Clarence D. Kingsley, was appointed by the National Education Association in 1913 to determine the aims and direction of public, secondary education in the United States. The result, Cardinal Principles of Secondary Education, was released in 1918.

Introduction

British philosopher Herbert Spencer, through his mid–nineteenth century essays on education, had a profound influence on...

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