Class Number of Graduates 1907 4 1908 1 1909 None 1910 2 1911 10 1912 3 1913 4 1914 4 1915 7 1916 3 1917 10 1918 9 1919 19 1920 19 1921 17 1922 18 1923 14 1924 15 1925 10 1926 28 1927 20 1928 30 The first… Continue reading
THANK FRANCE; the phrase is derived from “école normale,” which was used for institutions designed to instill standards of pedagogy and curriculum in teachers-to-be, says Debbie Schaefer-Jacobs, associate curator in the Division of Cultural and Community Life at the National Museum of American History. America’s first state-sponsored normal school opened… Continue reading
For many years, visitors to DeFuniak Springs were told that the Florida State University was founded there. While the city was home to several educational institutions in its early years, Florida State was not one of them. One prominent college in DeFuniak Springs was the State Normal School (above) that… Continue reading
Booker T. Washington of the Tuskegee Institute and Julius Rosenwald, philanthropist and president of Sears Roebuck, built state-of-the art schools for African- American children across the South. The effort has been called the most important initiative to advance black education in the early 20th century. Attending a Rosenwald School put… Continue reading