Excerpt from Historical Development of Secondary Education From Prehistoric Times to the Christian EraTo fully understand present problems of the secondary school we must be able to trace their roots. Search above the sur face reveals much. But to discover real meanings, at least to determine directions more readily, we need to get beneath the surface. The roots of secondary education take us back to prehistoric times, for the secondary school is as old as man, it is the oldest school in our system of education. The pres ent book takes up secondary education as an evolution. Such a study gives an historical perspective which in no small degree guides and conditions sound discussion.The author hopes he has succeeded in getting into the life of the secondary school and thus in adding to chapters qualities of concreteness and reality. His practical school experience and his practical interest in present-day secondary education have been his guides, and have, he hopes, given tone to his book.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology 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.