Excerpt from Topical Course of Study for the Common Schools of the United States, Vol. 1A grade that includes in right proportion, the Studies which make symmetrical growth, is the first essential of a successful school system.How to establish such a gradation in the largest number of our common schools is the predomit object of every conscientious educator.There are two great obstacles to making such gra dation for all our common schools.First: Under existing conditions, the necessarily close adherence of teachers to Text-books.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.