Show RURAL SCHOOL EQUIPMENT every instructor in summer schools or institutes discovers that rural teacher are frequently without necessary equipment this min greatly the educational possibilities bili ties of rural schools occasionally a foe foresighted sighted teacher asks to see eee the inside of we the balding in which she la is to work and signs her contract only atter after the board agrees to the necessary purchases or a teacher makes tio the purchase of es equipment quip ment a condition ot of her return to frequently teachers tall fall to voice their needs atthe at the proper time or in the proper place often parents go away from country school programs without having heard a word spoken by the teacher such meetings meeting s are a teachers great opportunity to talk to those most interested te concerning the needs ot of the I 1 school and her plans tor for its progress it the teacher reads a list ot of equipment not already provided with current prices ot of each item and suggests their purchase often a way will be found either the board or the district through a special meeting or the parent teacher aa association will come to the rescue g and ad buy them hem school board members can not be expected to be informed regarding equipment too often they buy un wisely at the solicitation of cominer commercial agen agents tsA A few state departments of education print lists of equipment required in order to secure state help occasionally such a list la Is included in the state course of study or the county superintendent fur bishes a list it if no good list Is available the teacher can probably get help from the institution in which she received her preparation rural school leaflet equipment tor for one teacher schools Is a duress of education publication which eves information along this line |