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The Grammar School

Striving for Excellence for 50 Years in a Public School World

by (author) Paul W. Bennett

Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Initial publish date
Jul 2009
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780887808395
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $19.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780887808715
    Publish Date
    Jul 2009
    List Price
    $33.33

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Description

Dissatisfied with the state of in public education, a small group of Halifax parents and university professors banded together in September 1958 to found a school of their own. Paul Bennett tells the story of the Halifax Grammar School in this illustrated history. Bennett describes the many larger-than-life personalities and the ebbs and flows of the school¿s development over the past fifty years.
In recent years the School has enjoyed a resurgence, expanding to acquire the historic Tower Road School, and doubling in student population. This illustrated book explores how the Grammar School has influenced education in Nova Scotia by challenging the standards and practice and offering an alternative to the public system.

About the author

PAUL W. BENNETT specializes in Canadian educational history and the
politics of school reform. He is an author of Canadian history textbooks, with an extensive career in Canadian independent school education. Bennett served as headmaster of the Halifax Grammar School between 2005 - 2009.

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