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Photo, Print, Drawing Immigrants in night school. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. color digital file from b&w original print
Immigration, Diversity, and Schooling in Urban America, 1880-1900 By Theodore G. Zervas When looking at the historical past, questions of diversity and school reform seem to go hand in hand. The presence of diverse communities in American urban schools has helped foster a change in traditional educational practices and policies. At times, the
immigrants with access to evening schools had a higher probability of being literate, even after controlling for household characteristics and the quality of the school system. These findings lend
In the early 1900s, about 70% of children who attended public schools on the Lower East Side were immigrants or children of immigrants. These students had needs that were different from those of students who attended New York City schools in, say, the mid-1800s.
Civic League for Immigrants, the Committee for Immigrants in America, and the National Americanization Committee. State after state passed legislation providing for night-school classes and
Pupil, Teachers of the Steamer Class in the Washington School. Location: Boston, Massachusetts. 1 photographic print. Contributor: Hine, Lewis Wickes Date: 1909
The photographer Jacob Riis, shed light on the horrible and difficult life lived by immigrants in tenement New York. Tenement homes were established in many neighborhoods in New York City. By 1900, more than 80,000 tenements had been built in New York City. Jacob Riis was a Danish photographer.
