The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 9Grolier Incorporated, 1999 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries A thirty-volume encyclopedia covering important world events while providing major new treatments of selected topics in various academic fields. |
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... continued her crusade , eventually visit- ing every state east of the Rockies . In 1848 , Miss Dix went to Washington , D.C. , hoping to secure passage of a bill to apportion land for the support of the mentally ill . Such a bill was ...
... continued her crusade , eventually visit- ing every state east of the Rockies . In 1848 , Miss Dix went to Washington , D.C. , hoping to secure passage of a bill to apportion land for the support of the mentally ill . Such a bill was ...
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... continued for- mal training . In the United States and Canada , secondary schools are called middle schools ( usually grades 6-8 ) , junior high schools ( usually grades 7-9 ) , high schools ( grades 9-12 or 10-12 ) , preparatory ...
... continued for- mal training . In the United States and Canada , secondary schools are called middle schools ( usually grades 6-8 ) , junior high schools ( usually grades 7-9 ) , high schools ( grades 9-12 or 10-12 ) , preparatory ...
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... continued . Were American public schools to provide for the wide variety of needs of a diverse population or were they to be restricted to the more narrow , traditional role of offering academic instruction for a smaller segment of the ...
... continued . Were American public schools to provide for the wide variety of needs of a diverse population or were they to be restricted to the more narrow , traditional role of offering academic instruction for a smaller segment of the ...
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