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Show W hy Costs Increased important factors reasponsible for Hie increase in total annual expendi-'imv expendi-'imv on school support in the United .ttates are (1) the decrease ill the ..'icbasing power of the dollar; (2) tlie :',rea,t increase in school enroll-I enroll-I i 'Hi and attendance aud conseu.u-' conseu.u-' "nt increase In number of teachers 'ai d equipment necessitated ithereby: CI) the large proportionate; increase in attendance in secondary schools, the per capita cost of maintaining which is approximately double that of m :i lit ai ill ng elementary schools; til the provision of better faculties pa ' icula rly those which satisfy the mads of a broader curriculum involving invol-ving i'.pecial subjects and teachers: ml (a) Hie need for a large school lieililing procgani because of (he practical pra-ctical stagnation of building and importaiii (lnrhyr the war period. It 'liould bo 'remembered that we expect more of our schools now than in the past and tha.t we expect also heller work, be! I er-l rained teachers, a far broader training, more consideration lo hygienic and sanitary conditions of buildings and grounds, and the like, aud that niaileriallzalion of all of these ideals means va.stly increase expenditure- of money.-Adapted from a report, of II. S. Bureau of F.diucation |