Show TURN FOR THE BETTER cum teacher cher ariae is aasve s i I 1 a VOW H III H 0 S the pres present at school year marks the beg nning of a turn for or the bet ter in education in the united states that high note of optimism was sounded in a progress report issued by the citizens federal committee on education tt tf rough the U S office of education which asserted that a f ave ve year downward trend in aduca t on has been reversed titled C eizens look at aduca tion the report is the first pam ahlet issued by the 27 member group formed in april 1946 to carry the teacher ens cris s to the country there is abundant evidence that the ominous deterioration of our aducat onal system has been arr arrest e st ed the drift of teachers to other fields has been slowed the public has become aroused to the dangers threatening our schools was the committee s conclusion at the same time however the report warned that upward progress must continue and that to consider the educational crisis as a thing of the past would be premature among the accomplishments list ed for or the past year were I 1 ithe the largest teachers salary in creases which ever have been granted in a 12 month period an average increase of about or about 13 per cent an increase in maximum sal 2 ary scales in many centers re carded as highly significant in mak ing the profession economically at as a lifetime career A number of states have lib 3 erali zed retirement allowances and sick leave provisions and re deuced the teaching load but the committee did not mini mize the fact that there were lems still to be solved for one thing the rise in cost of living has more than eaten up the advance in teachers salaries and workers in many fields still earn more on the average than teachers another obstacle to be overcome is the immense need for teachers c used in part by the increased birth rate rute which will exist for at least 6 to 10 years |