ABSTRACT
Milton Gregg's aphorism introduces Katherine MacNaughton's seminal history of education in eighteenth and nineteenth century New Brunswick. A number of factors have with few exceptions, thwarted the ambitions of those who would hope to develop the program of initial teacher education (ITE) in New Brunswick. At New Brunswick's founding in 1784, teachers required certification but little formal education. The first teacher education programs in New Brunswick established in 1848 focused on elementary and intermediate, but not secondary training. The number of teacher candidates attending the Normal School and the size of the program were often related to the available space in the building. New Brunswick's first teacher-training master recommended an agricultural school with a model farm attached as a means of engaging a largely rural population. The history of New Brunswick's Francophone teacher education represents an example of minority language resistance to assimilation. Persistently low achievement among students has been a problem to plague New Brunswick since the province's creation.
