Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-04-13 | Page 26 | teachers' Education below Grade Average

TEACHERS TEACHERS' EDUCATION 1 BElOW BELU Philadelphia April J 12 Thirty Thirty thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand school teachers In la tho the United Stat States have havo never ne gone bone beyond the eighth grade In tho the training of their profession proCessIon have had lets less than thana a high school education and have havo gone gono no further than high s school hool This statement was made by bv Dr Hugh HughS S S. S Magill field secretary of f the theli National National Na Na- li l Education association at al to today's today's to- to days day's session of or week hereIt here It Is startling as these figures s sarc arc are continued Dr Magill when wo we consider that the average SalaT salary paid to teach teachers en In this country last year ear was only wo we must conclude that in this the richest country in the world our public schools are aro being held down to Lo a low standard and tho future futuro of oC the teaching profession gravely gravel Imperilled imperilled Im Im- b by Inadequate support A careful car ful study of or the situation throughout hout the country countr shows that good teachers ma may bo be secured and nd kept In the service when tho the people aro are willing to pay them reasonably good salaries and that poor schools are arc in invariably invariably In- In variably tho the result of oC inadequate sup sup- port The situation is particularly serious perlous in rural communities where I the salaries ala les of or teachers arc are appallingly inadequate