Browsing by Subject "Industrial schools"
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The importance of industrial education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1876)In the course of some recent investigations which involved enquiry into the working and results of Reformatory and Industrial Schools, it seemed to me that the subject had not yet received the attention it merited, on the ... -
On the importance of (1) a larger infusion of the industrial element into our system of education, and of (2) an adaptation to Ireland of the day industrial clauses of Lord Sandon's act of 1876
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1877)On the 16th March in the present year there was a debate in the House of Commons, of interest to Ireland more deep than pleasant. In a speech admirable for ability and earnest feeling, Mr. O'Shaughnessy, M.P. for Limerick, ... -
On the importance of raising Ireland to the level of England and Scotland in the matters of industrial schools and compulsory education
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1879)The principle of compulsory education has a two-fold aspect: (1) It secures the education of the neglected and the helpless, and provides an organised means by which their education shall be provided and paid for. (2) When ... -
Our industrial and reformatory school systems in relation to the poor
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1891)My purpose in bringing it before you can only be to refresh our minds on a subject of importance, apt to be somewhat overlooked in the rush of politics around us. It is a subject on which a great deal of learning can ...