| Show SCHOOL COSTS CUT BY B BY MAIL INSTRUCTION The office of Education Depart Depart- Department Department Department ment of the Interior has recently issued a bulletin entitled high School In Instruction by Mill Mail Pre Prepared Prepared Prepared pared by Walter Watter II H G specialist in m rural problems thIs bulletin is one of a series CerIes whIch I outlines potential l economies In education InI I Education bv by b correspondence by many schools as an effIcacIous and economical means mean I of attaining an education tends to togi e I give Ie mOl mote moie e and better schooling to isolated rural children than it IS possIble for them to get under e ex- ex existing ex existing conditions This instructional plan reduces the par capita cost costs by I small high school classes and yet Jet gives gnes opportunity for enrichment of curriculums in such sItuations It is pointed out In Ohio lessons by marl mall together or er with a tutorial system are utilized successfully to cut down per capita costIn costIn cost costIn In Nebraska and some other states instruction by mail in rural schools has been greatly e expanded It has been found to more adequate ade adequately ly meet educational need needs of gifted and Ind other children especially vo 0 vocational vocational I training Post graduate studies also atso have been made avail a available available able cheaply for those who desire them Higher institutions of learning In 32 states offer a n large andrIch and rIch list of courses which include liter liter- literature literature literature mathematics bookkeeping a agriculture Latin music psychology psychology psychology rural management gee geography graphy history chemistry Journ journalism journalism and hundreds ds of ot other courses cour cour- cours courses ses s The high schools using correspondence courses course are arc distri distributed buted 0 over er more than 30 states The use of this type typo of instruction IS most common in m Nebraska Nebrask MichIgan Massachusetts and Pen Pennsylvania Benton Harbor Mich Newton Iowa and many Nebraska schools have ve used correspondence le lessons ons successfully for a long time They regard reg them as a permanent fea feature ture in their programs Se Several eral studies havo ha shown that correspondence I deuce dence pupils do fully as well or better than those attending class class- classes classes classes es Correspondence students usual usual- usually usually usually ly ha have hae e a definite goal gol and have as theIr objective proficiency and sue cess in their work Such studies conclude that correspondence m in instruction instruction can be conducted wIth success A list last of high schools whIch have used correspondence le lessons sons IS given in the new nev Office of Edu Education Education Education cation bulletin is s well wen as many annotated re references to other eh dis discussions eU Hons of the problem The pub pub- publication pub is listed as al Bulletin 1933 No 13 andIS and is available from the Superintendent of Documents Washington DC D C price 10 cents |
