The first US school for professional government work predated the modern civil service ethos.

Evidence

In 1911, the Bureau founded its Training School for Public Service, the first educational institution in the United States dedicated solely to preparing young men for work in government. The young idealists of the era of optimism saw in it a chance to obtain training in a field in which their idealism could most easily be translated into effective action. By 1913, there were hundreds of applicants for its handful of places. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 263

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black Reconstruction officials founded the American public school system — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 150

Broader Connections

• Black Reconstruction officials founded the American public school system #complicates (0.75) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 150