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Show NO SHORTAGE IN UTAH OF RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS No shortage nf teachers in the rural section of I (ah is apareiit thus far (his J ear, according to Ieo ). Mnlr, slate stipennlwideiit of public instruction, in-struction, iu renly to tho report made b.v the convention of farm women of the stale lo the effect tlmt iu some slates the shortage of teachers for out of town schools is n Mrious handi cap. ";ot one rural hcIioo! is closed so far us reHirted for Imk of u lonelier," loneli-er," tw.vs Muir. "All the sehools are showing signs of better attendance mill nn oiitlniHiamu that will imiko this nn itxeellont wir in tho history of rural education. Tho only truce of teacher shortage in the country- school, mi far ns wo can see, is tho tact tlmt where (hero are not teachers enough with the proper certificates some districts dis-tricts are employing instntotors who havo certificates a little below the standard for the schools in which the) tench. Hut so far as rejKirted, there is not ono actually closed, mid there urn very few in vvhieli Waehera lire employed who lire not properly certificated." certif-icated." "As n whole, the rural school in Utah is fur iu advance of the rural school In other states, 'ilio change in tho school law, compelling nt lonst I hi it time attendance, has helped very much. '1 lie rural schools have shown n pleasing inclination to use, to tho tullest nclvnntnge, tho summer supervision super-vision or all the jenr around program mapped out, being nhead nf tho oity schools in some places in this movement. move-ment. Tho complaint of teacher shortage, short-age, which scorns to bo making such inroach in tho country school m tho I'nst nnd South, is certainly not hindering hin-dering Utah, for there seems to be n spirit iu tho niral sections to keep open tho schoolhouses ut nny cost ns is evidenced by tho many districts voting bonds and making other sacrifices sac-rifices to uphold tho progress in education," edu-cation," coucludes Muir. |
