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Navy Hill School
Navy Hill School was a school serving African American students in Richmond, Virginia. The school was in Richmond's Navy Hill neighborhood and opened in 1871. It was at Sixth Street and Duval Street. It was the first public school in Richmond to employ African American teachers. In 1876 the school was recommended for closure due to poor conditions. It was still operating in 1891. City documents in 1890 described the school's building as in poor condition and having been poorly built. A 1904 city directory includes teachers at the school and list Stephen T. Pendelton as its principal. Lizzie Knowles also served as principal of the school. Daniel Webster Davis began teaching at the school in 1879. Daniel Barclay Williams taught at the school during the 1880s. Maggie Walker attended the school for two years. From 1977 to 2000 the Children's Museum of Richmond The Children's Museum of Richmond began in 1977 as the Richmond Children's Museum in the Navy Hill School building in down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Educational Progress In Virginia—The Schools For Colored Children In Richmond (cropped)
Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Various researchers emphasize the role of critical thinking in order to distinguish education from indoctrination. Some theorists require that education results in an improvement of the student while others prefer a value-neutral definition of the term. In a slightly different sense, education may also refer, not to the process, but to the product of this process: the mental states and dispositions possessed by educated people. Education originated as the transmission of cultural heritage from one generation to the next. Today, educational goals increasingly encompass new ideas such as the liberation of learners, skills needed for modern society, empathy, and complex vocational skills. Types of education are commonly divided into formal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
