Background
Rice, Joseph Mayer was born on May 20, 1857 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Mayer and Fanny Rice.
Rice, Joseph Mayer was born on May 20, 1857 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Mayer and Fanny Rice.
Student College City of New York. Doctor of Medicine College Physicians and Surgical (Columbia), 1881.
Practiced medicine at New York, 1881-1888. Studied psychology and pedagogics, university of Jena and Leipzig, 1888-1890. Editor The Forum, 1897-1907.
Founded Society Ednl. Research, 1903. Author: The Public School System of the United States, 1893. The Rational Spelling Book, 1898.
Scientific Management in Education, 1913. The People’s Government, 1915. Contributor of many articles in The Forum on results of tests in arithmetic, spelling, and language made in public schools of a large number of cities.
Home: Philadelphia, Pa.
Married Deborah Levinson, October 10, 1900. Children: Frances Violet, Lawrence Joseph Mayer.