Show QUill ADDRESSED TO TOI I SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS With an ultimate aim of securing perfect operation co-operation between rural schools and the state department of education and to gather information on present administration methods employed employed employed em em- in the county school districts Dr E. E G. G Gowans state superintendent of public instruction has mailed a circular circular cir cir cir- cular outlining his requests to every superintendent of schools in the state Among some of the questions to be answered by the heads Of ot schools Inthe inthe in inthe the outlying counties aro- aro the following following follow follow- ing How aro are your schools meeting the social needs of the people In your district district dis dis- dis- dis What in your opinion should be the specific aims alms of instruction in the six grades of ot the elementary school In Inthe Inthe Inthe the six grades of the secondary school How do you OU evaluate the results of ot particular methods of teaching in these elementary and secondary grades I What experimental work have hae you Ou commended or projected with the him aim I of ot discovering best methods of ot training for vocational efficiency i What are you OU doing to help adult Immigrants to qualify for citizenship What are you doing for that of ot defective children who will not need permanent custodial care In what are your teachers who are recent normal graduates lacking How can we enforce right standards standards standards stan stan- dards in planning and erection of ot school buildings Is it necessary or desirable that the school plants pants be used as social centers in your district To what extent does the training you provide In the six years of ot the secondary secondary sec eec school actually Introduce the Individual into social life fitted ed for lor its it's service Is there anything In educational work In your district which tends to decrease the virility and ana native quality of of- the population What is the most sorely needed next step in bringing to your people substantial substantial substantial sub sub- equality of ot educational opportunity opportunity Are you satisfied with your accounting accounting accounting account account- ing system In view of ot our conditions as to school population assessed valuation methods of ot securing revenue and sources of ot revenue is it your opinion that too much Is spent on elementary i and secondary schools i How would your people answer the preceding question The Tho above are aro the majority of ot the questions in the letter deemed to bring about a knowledge of ot outside school schoolwork schoolwork schoolwork work hitherto unobtainable With these facts in the hands of ot the state department department department depart depart- ment a splendid system of ot cooperation cooperation cooperation opera co tion with a definite aim in view and with concrete evils to remedy will b be outlined according to tu the department of ot education |