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Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1906

The 1906 Report of Superintendent of Public Instruction Henry Clinton Morrison recognized the problem and recommended the establishment of more normal schools.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (Henry C. Morrison)
BEING THE FIFTY-FOURTH REPORT UPON THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
1906
(P.196)
CHAPTER XII.
THE RECRUITMENT OF THE TEACHING FORCE

Our facilities for the training of teachers are [...]

Declaration of principles, Resolution 1906

The New Hampshire State Normal School was founded in Plymouth in 1871. By 1905, Concord, Manchester, Nashua and Portsmouth had their own teacher training schools, but all of these together were providing about 80 graduates per year, while the school districts of the state needed about 350 teachers per year. Most of the teachers [...]