Benjamin Jepson (1832 – 1914) was one of the first primary school music teachers in the United States, and introduced music to the public schools of New Haven, Connecticut, in 1865.Birge, pg. 65, citing Francis M. Dickey's The Early History of Public School Music in the United States The Benjamin Jepson Interdistrict Magnet SchoolNew Haven Independent and the Jepson SchoolJepson School are named after him.
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New Haven Independent Jepson School
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