Title
Attendence Records from the School of Mutual Instruction
Subject
Boston Public School System
Description
The School of Mutual Instruction was an experimental school in Boston. It relied upon a system in which older or more advanced students instructed the younger or weaker students under the supervision of the schoolmaster. Tokens with an attached pecuniary value were distributed as rewards for successful students. The students could redeem the tokens for books and other prizes.
Creator
School for Mutual Instruction
Source
0401.001 C ommittee on Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction records 1821-
1823
1823
Date
1823
Rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Format
document
Language
English
Type
text