Excerpt from Annual Report of the Board of Education, 1870 The Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Board of Education to the Legislature. The Board also respectfully submit herewith the Reports of the Visitors of the several Normal Schools, from which the present condition of those institutions will be learned, and the Reports of the Secretary and Agent of the Board which contain many interesting facts and valuable suggestions. A large amount of information may be obtained from the abstract of the school reports respecting the present state of education in the Commonwealth. It is the duty of the Board in their annual report to make such observations upon the condition and efficiency of the system of popular education, and such suggestions as to the most practicable means of improving and extending it, as the experience and reflection of the board dictate. In fulfillment of this duty, the Board herein propose certain changes and improvements which would in their judgment, greatly increase the efficiency of our system of education. To secure the best system of education, there must be trained teachers, constant supervision of the schools by competent persons, and a general interest in the subject of education throughout the community. Trained teachers are the first requisite; for the benefits resulting from the successful operation of schools are immediate and apparent, and the greatest interest is felt in such schools, and means for their support are more freely given. At present, teachers are regularly trained only in the Normal Schools. The design of the Normal Schools is strictly professional, that is, to prepare in the best possible manner the pupils for the work of organizing, governing and instructing, the Public Schools of the Commonwealth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.