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Show 21 Association, and separate departments ization for considered school as separate, principals but organized within education superintendents, higher involved in elementary education. were The joined. and those people, departments the organ not to be were Eventually, departments for organized. were Original Purposes Officially, from were the " the beginning the stated purposes of the NEA to elevate the character and advance the interest of ... profession of teaching and tion in the United States.,,3 goal of education, so to promote the cause of To elevate character has it could be expected popular educa always been that character a development would be of interest to any group interested in the education of youth. (The debated question has often been what constitutes rather than whether there should be character the interest of the for profession of teaching quality education. In a training.) was seen as professional associations within enters the To advance being necessary pper by William Russell read at the first meeting of the National Teachers Association, it the good character the states ought was stated that to determine who teaching profession, and what the standards ought Russell also predicted that the 3Ibid., pp. public would gladly accept to be.4 the teachers I 22-23. 4The speech is printed in its entirety in National Education Association, Proceedings of the Ninetieth Annual Meeting (Washington: National Education Association, 1952) pp. 435-43. At the writing of this dissertation, teachers have not achieved the goal of control over the profession as advocated by Russell in 1857. |
