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Boston (Mass.). School Committee
A long-running public body rather than a single writer, this committee helped shape Boston’s public schools for generations. Its reports and minutes offer a direct window into how one of America’s oldest urban school systems was governed.
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Schedule of Salaries for Teachers, members of the Supervising staff and others. January 1-August 31, 1920, inclusive
by Boston (Mass.). School Committee
About the author
Boston (Mass.). School Committee was the governing school board for Boston’s public schools, and records about it trace back to the late eighteenth century. Archival and reference sources note that Boston’s first formal School Committee was chosen on October 20, 1789, after authority for school committees was granted by the Massachusetts General Court.
Over time, the committee produced annual reports, proceedings, curriculum documents, special studies, and other official publications. Those works covered the everyday business of running a large city school system, including staffing, budgets, school buildings, courses of study, and policy debates.
Because this is a municipal body and not an individual author, the “author” name represents a historical institution rather than a person. For readers, its publications are most valuable as primary sources on the development of Boston Public Schools and the history of public education in the city.