Excerpt from The American Journal of Education: March, 1866 Much still remained to be done at the time of the Emperor's death in 1790. His successor, Leopold IL, appointed Baron von Martini in Swieten's place as president of the Board for the Regulation of Instruc tion, which had been substituted for the previous State Board of Edu cation. Martini's attention was principally directed to the improvement of the higher schools, but the chief enactment having reference to the common schools gave to the teachers a peculiar position in the adminis tration of the schools and recognized the value of their knowledge and experience. By this ordinance the teachers of each normal school, either alone or with the gymnasial teachers of the same place, were united into a Teachers' Association, which should have immediate direction of the schools within their limits, advise respecting the plan of instruction, the introduction of text-books, the maintenance of discipline, and the nomination of teachers, and contribute to the promotion of education by the publication of a scientific journal. The Association at the provincial capital elected from the retired members of the profession, or from their own number, a delegate to the Educational Session, which had the su pervision and control of all that related to study and instruction in the common schools throughout the province. The Session was subordinate to the provincial government, by which a School Referee was ap pointed for the decision of all such questions as did not require an appeal to the Privy Council of the empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.