The Teachers' Salaries and the Fixation Thereof by School Authorities (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Teachers' Salaries and the Fixation Thereof by School Authorities By thus extending educational facilities to both child and adult, the State performs a duty to its citizens, and will do much in the way of future public defense against the dangers of ignorance and social unrest. The successful consummation of this widespread educational extension depends largely upon our ability to attract the services of a large group of thoroughly trained teachers; mechanics and artisans skilled in their trades and vocations with knowledge of teaching methods, and teachers with experience and the power to inspire. It is estimated that at least two thousand of them will be required for the continuation or part-time schools to be attended by the boys and girls between fifteen and sixteen years, and as many more will be required for the work among foreign minors and adults. This new army of teachers will be recruited largely from the ranks of the teachers now engaged in public school service. Their places must be filled by other qualified teachers, or the accruing loss will be greater than the benefits derived from the extension of our school activities. The school population of our cities and villages is not stationary. There is a constant increase requiring more school accommodation and an ever multiplying number of teachers. The teachers are too few in number for good service. Nearly everywhere the complaint is made that classes are so enlarged by the scarcity of teachers that school efficiency is near the breaking point. We do not need to present figures showing the present tendency of teachers to leave the schools seeking other employment. There is nothing strange about this. The time was when the teaching vocation was the most available for women seeking self-support, while now the business women are everywhere, and all avenues of commercial and professional activities are open to them. The schools must compete in the business world for the services of men and women who, by training and temperament, are fit to teach, not only to fill vacancies but to prevent vacancies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.