Show Improvements In Schools Sought by OF UFA OFA A number of or significant experiments meats ments carried out In Utah schools during the past several years give promise of Important Improvements Im t In effective Instruction lion tion as U Uvell well vell as economics which can help meet the requirements of or expanding school en enrolls enroll ron ron- ments This conclusion was presented present present- e ed In n a report e outlining New Ideas In Pu Public cc Education by Utah Found Foundation the p private efon eion governmental research oral Foundation an analysts imal est estimate e that school enro enrollment ment w will it In Increase Increase In- In crease by pupils p su or rr 21 during the 1960 decade wid with h about two thirds of this ss rio rise s sf e probably occurring during g td tha e next five years In and addition ditl to o othe the financial and other problems lr ep m s facing education In t this i s decade eca de ahead the electronic and span space age have placed chalIe challenging demands demands de de- en en mands upon the tho l sao ys tem fem In view of these fac facts ma mats many y leading educators and laymen een have begun to cast abo about t fu for or new ways of ot solving the thel numer numerous mer- mer ous Dus problems now facing the schools Among the experiments de des described described scribed by the Foundation which have engendered considerable enthusiasm on the part of participating par school officials students students stu stud dents and parents In Utah are arc the following I 1 1 Grouping of pupils accordIng according accord accord- I Ing to ability which gives positive post Live tive evidence of or greater academic ic is progress on the part of pu pus pupils pupils pils greater utilization of teacher time and talents as well wen wenas as of school 2 Employment of or teacher aides for fr assignments ments such as the correction of papers laboratory assistance routine clerical tasks showing of films rums cl etc 3 Team teaching to Improve both staff utilization and nod In Increase ins In crease the rate of pupil learn ing 4 4 Greater use of ot mechanical and electronic devices In teaching teach ing Ing especially films radio televisIon television tel tel- and other mechanical aids 5 Adoption of the merit principal prin cipal In determining the salaries of classroom teachers The report points out that many of these new Ideas and techniques have been adopted as part of the regular program of the Weber school district district and Interest s spreading to a number of other districts The study notes that tha one n e new high school In the Weber We ber r district has Included wiring and d outlets for closed circuit t television In all classrooms am and amI has partitions Installed folding partition pl In order to permit greater grenter b classroom lly in the use of classroom space According to the Foundation the whole vista of new teaching teach teach- teaching ing techniques and Instructional aids may well prompt a re exam of present school building build ing and financing plans as welt well as the basic ant and r methodology of the education program |