Preliminary Report of the Committee on General Welfare of the Board of Aldermen, City of New York (Classic Reprint): In the Matter of a Request of the ... Meeting of June 26, 1917 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Educational reform from a 1917 city hearing helps explain early debates over school funding and structure.

This nonfiction work collects the 1917 statements and arguments presented to New York City officials about how public schools should be run. The material focuses on the limits of funding, crowded classrooms, and calls for safer facilities, expanded programs, and more democratic control of education. It presents the voices of organized labor, parents, and local leaders as they push for practical steps to improve learning conditions for elementary and high school students.

Readers will encounter concrete proposals, such as building new schools, creating after?school and night programs, improving kindergarten access, and providing vocational and practical training. The document also critiques existing arrangements and argues for policies grounded in what parents, teachers, and communities see as the real needs of children.

• Historical context for early 20th?century debates on school funding and class size.


• Specific policy recommendations from a coalition of labor and civic groups.


• Discussion of the balance between elementary schooling and access to higher levels of education.


• Snapshots of the concerns of parents and local associations about facilities, curricula, and equity.

Ideal for readers of urban history, education policy, and civic reform, this edition illuminates how past advocacy shaped debates that still matter today.

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