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Excerpt from Education in Detroit, 1916: Department of Superintendence, National Education Association, 1916 This book has been prepared for the Department of Superintendence of the National Education Association by the public schools of Detroit. It is not the product of the labor of a few individuals, but the collective offering of the entire system. It aims to present for each department a brief statement of the significant features of the depart mental work in such form that it will be interesting to the general reader. The attempt has also been made, however, to give such statistics as are likely to be of value to students with professional interest in particular departments. Most of the various contributions are signed, and the places where the authors may be seen indicated in order that, if further information is desired, a visitor may know where and to whom to apply. The table of contents on Page 9 shows clearly the general plan that has been followed in the or ganization of subject matter, while the index at the end of the book gives instantly the exact pages upon which are to be found references to any specific feature. To make the book as a whole present a clear and truthful picture of education in Detroit has been the earnest endeavor of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.