Date of Award
Spring 1933
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Education
Abstract
In state finances of Virginia education is second only to highways. The present position of education in the budget was not attained easily. On the contrary it was only through a long process that Virginia came to realize the fundamental duty of educating all the people at public expense. Thus, the extent to which the state has participated in this problem is an all important matter. In the following study, state participation has been reviewed from its earliest beginnings. he colonial period is included, as it reveals the tendencies working for the revelation of the obligation of the government to all the people in education. The subsequent periods form very definite steps in the educational progress of Virginia
Recommended Citation
Chittum, Lewis E., "A financial history of state education in Virginia" (1933). Master's Theses. 8.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/masters-theses/8