Show recent consolidation statistics compiled statistics compiled recently by the bureau of 0 education FAu cation department of oe the interior show that consolidation of 0 small one teacher schools into larger school organizations Is steadily moving forward reports irom from a lew states show rapid advancement in this di with hundreds ot of small schools closed during the last biennium and the number of centralized schools greatly increased the data indicate in general a gradual improvement of rural school conditions with a tendency towards better organizations and improvement of 0 existing consoli icat ions the number of one teacher schools reported tor for 1924 was in the 43 48 states this is less than the number nui riber reported tor for 1922 the difference indicates the number of 0 one teacher schools which were closed or centralized during the biennium 1922 1924 the number of 0 consolidated schools in 1 1924 in 46 states was which is an increase of ni 2603 over the number reported from 43 S stes ies in 1922 the rate of 0 increase in number of 0 consolidated schools has been approximately 1000 a year during the period from 1918 to 1921 and the decrease in the number of one teacher schools during this same period has been more than a year |