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A Brief History of Education in Micronesia
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Protestant missionaries, who came to Micronesia in 1852, established schools of their own.  At first they gathered people to instruct them in English.  As they learned the local language, they began teaching children to read and write in their own island language.
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(photo by H. Bingham, Story of the Morning Star)