Show nURAL EDUCATION 1 4 I IN UTAH A MODEL County Unit Plan May Be BeI I Followed in Middle and andr Western States r t l Utah's county count unit plan of ot rural education edu edu- cation may be the model that will bo be follo followed ed in all aJl tho the Middle and Western Vestern states Rates wherein the tho gover government ment bureau hureau of or education 1 is endeavoring to build up the standard of ot the country schools Dr 1 E E. G. G Gowan Cowans state superintendent superintend superintend- ent of or public instruction has accepted an Invitation incitation to explain tho the methods by which Utah has hns achieved success along county count unit lines Jines and departs today for foi Lincoln Nob Nab to att attend a of or educators from Crom the thew w Western Vi and middle Western Vestern states slates This conference was called b by the federal bureau of or education for the tho purpose O of discussing tho training of rural teachers and to to formulate plans for tor the bettering of oC schools in rural lural districts Superintendent Gowans will I o lia one ono of oC tho the principal places on the program Con Consolidation of or country schools Into I r a district with one board of or education and ono one superintendent over o the district district district dis dis- has been in effect in Utah for con some Iome time It is explained and the con con- country schools plan has proved superior to the tho old plan where each rach district school had Its board of C trustees But there are arc many states where the tho consolidated Idea has not found favor perhaps through misunderstanding and the governments government's educators bel believe love that the r recounting of or the beneficial results obtained in Utah will lead other other oth oth- er states to adopt the same system |