Show Room One Schools l e How much training have the teach teachers teachers ers era of the one room rural schools of or the United States is a question answered ered by a recent sum sum- summary summary summary mary of the Federal Office of Edu Edu- EducatIOn Edu- Edu Education Education cation If all the teachers orone of or one teacher schools stood side by side their ranks Would extend in m an unbroken line 87 1110 miles Assuming this al army aimy my of I teachers were ere arranged in to such away a 8 aft way ay ft ay that the one having received ed the thet I t least rost amount of training stood at one end and the one having received ed the I largest argest amount of training at the theother theother theother other a per person on review reviewing ing this com com- company com com- company company pany would find it necessary to walk walka alk alka a distance of 8 Sri miles before com com- corn corn- corning coming ing mg to a teacher with a training equi equivalent valent to two years eal s of high school One would have to walk alk half the entire distance before approaching a teacher with Ith training equal to high school graduation and would have ha to continue his walk alk for a total distance of 67 3 35 5 miles before leaching the l I first teacher with the equivalent of oft t two 0 years of normal school educatIOn The jaunt would be continued to with Ith within m n 13 miles of the end of the line be before before fore one who ho had the equivalent of ofa ofa ofa a college education would be reached What of the composite teacher of thIs group Since men teachers arc are a great scarcIty in m one teacher schools the tYPIcal teacher is a woman oman about I t twenty enty seven years old She would have a total education of four years and one month above grade school her teaching experience would total two tv 0 years and Sl six see months she would 1 receIve an annual salary of she would have her care a total sheI I of twenty t two 0 farm children and she v would be employed in m her school for fora fora fora a total of or days a year ear forI I Although one teacher schools are being abandoned at the late of I per year in m or fa of consolIdated schools one teacher schools still open theIr doors to more fal faim m children I than any other type of school |