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Proclamation, September 18, 1925

December 17, 2020

Purpose: To declare American Education Week Date: September 18, 1925 (Original document available here) Education is becoming well-nigh universal in America. The rapidity of its expansion within the past half century […]

Tags: American Education Week, Elementary School, Harvard, High School, Junior Colleges, Literacy, Princeton, Rural, Secondary School, Students, teachers, Universal Education, William and Mary, Yale

Proclamation, September 26, 1923

December 1, 2020

Purpose: To establish National Education Week Date: September 26, 1923 (Original document available here) FROM its earliest beginnings, America has been devoted to the cause of education. This country was founded […]

Tags: Education, National Education Week, teachers

Concerning Teachers’ Salaries

April 24, 2014

Title: Concerning Teachers’ Salaries Date: October 29, 1919 Location: Northampton, MA Context: A Letter to the Mayor of Boston from Coolidge (Original document available here) My Dear Mr. Mayor: It will be […]

Tags: important function, inadequate compensation, pay, Roger Ascham, salaries, teachers, teaching youth

Harvard University Commencement

April 24, 2014

Title: Harvard University Commencement Date: June 19, 1919 Location: Cambridge, MA Context: Coolidge gives a commencement address at Harvard University reminding them of the purpose of their establishment “to be a […]

Tags: American cause, American Revolution, commencement, Constitution, Constitution of Massachusetts, Declaration of Rights, Education, Harvard, Harvard University, James Bowdoin, Massachusetts, School, teachers, Teaching

Education: the Cornerstone of Self-Government

April 24, 2014

Title: Education: the Cornerstone of Self-Government Date: July 4, 1924 Location: Washington, D.C. Context: Speech delivered to the Convention of the National Education Association on the importance of education to a nation’s […]

Tags: Declaration of Independence, Education, School, teachers