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FormatBook Chapter
Author, AnalyticGoldberg, Bettina
Title, AnalyticThe German-English Academy, the National German-American Teachers' Seminary, and the Public School System in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1851-1919
Author, MonographicGeitz, Henry//Heideking, Juergen//Herbst, Jurgen
Title, MonographicGerman Influences on Education in the United States to 1917
Place of PublicationWashington, D.C.; Cambridge; New York
PublisherGerman Historical Institute; Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication1995
Location in Work177-192
AbstractThis essay first traces the founding and early history of the German-English Academy and similar German-American schools, and describes the efforts of their founders and supporters to reform the Milwaukee public schools, particularly to implement German-language instruction therein. Then it discusses the adoption of German as an optional branch of study in the public grade school system and its impact on German-American private schooling. Finally, this essay presents an analysis of the crisis of German-language instruction that caused its decline and facilitated its abandonment during or after the First World War.
Call NumberMKI/MEM LA 216 G47 1995
MKI TermsEducation/ United States/ History/ German influence/ 19th century/ 20th century/ Wisconsin/ German Americans -- Wisconsin/ Teaching/ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ National German-American Teachers' Seminary/ Nationaler Deutschamerikanischer Lehrerbund