Word: lancasterian
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Children of the Poor. For all its imperfections, the New York system has come a long and difficult way in the century and a half since its forerunner, the Free School Society, was established by public subscription to educate the children of the poor. The school used the Lancasterian method-a system by which children taught younger students, and were in turn taught by older students, thus making it possible, at least in theory, for one teacher to educate 500 pupils at a total annual expenditure of but $3 a head...
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