Monthly Teacher Reports
Just like modern educators, Reconstruction-era teachers were required to document information about student progress and participation. Monthly reports submitted to freedmen's aid societies and Freedmen's Bureau officials contained quantitative data, such as enrollment and attendance numbers, as well as qualitative observations. Teachers who failed to send in news about their school often had their paychecks withheld. Even with this strict policy in place, some reports remain absent from the historical record.
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A.M.A. Monthly School Report of Edmonia Highgate, Darlington, March 1865Teacher Edmonia Highgate reports 40 students enrolled and offers comments on the situation of the school. She writes that the church in which the school is taught has been threatened with burning by local whites, who she describes as "very ignorant" and uneducated. The children of soldiers are in need of clothing. The students have a "keen relish" for learning.
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Teacher's Monthly School Report of Mary J. C. Anderson, Port Deposit, Nov. 186810 students on the roll. Anderson remarks that "[m]y school is on the increase."
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Teacher's Monthly School Report of Mary J. C. Anderson, Port Deposit, Feb, 186955 students on the roll. Anderson remarks that her school "commenced under discouraging circumstances but there is much to encourage the work goes steadily on."
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, Dec. 1865December 1865 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 40 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, Nov. 1865November 1865 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 25 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, June 1869June 1869 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 15 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, June 1867June 1867 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 35 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, May 1869May 1869 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 20 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, May 1867May 1867 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 30 students enrolled.
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A.M.A. Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, Darlington, Apr. 1867April 1867 Teacher's Monthly Report of Mary Watson, submitted to the American Missionary Association. Watson reports 28 students enrolled.