Show RURAL SCHOOL NEW from rom the division of rural education united st states ates bureau of ef education u D C radio messages ale from froin the bureau of education the united states bureau of education sends out messages twice a week from the naval aircraft station at radio near Arlington Va on a wave length of meters the nies messages sages are sent on I 1 monday and thursday evenings from to 7 eastern time As they will onie come on regular schedule the public may become fully informed on matters of general educational interest by following the lectures each week supervision lor for rural ascii schools on city schol systems in the united states have long furnished tor for their children the advantages which come from expert professional school supervision erv er large cities employ approximately one supervisor for every twenty teachers whose business it is to help the teachers to give more and better instruction to country children in the schools now country children need this same kind of expert service even more than city children because as a rule the teachers are not so mature or so well trained as city teachers they do not remain as long in their positions and so become as familiar with their work and they have not in most cases the advantage of counsel and advice from principals and other teachers in the same or nearby school buildings often too the school term is shorter in the country and one teacher has many grades and subjects to teach while the city teacher has few therefore the country teacher with many responsibilities and difficulties needs the help of a good supervisor far more t than liza n any other country people are beginning to appreciate the need of professionally trained supervisors this is evidence ed by the fact that an increasing number are being employed each vear for work among rural schools progress is being made in this direction to such an extent that over 1000 professional rural supervisors in the united states were reported to the bureau of education in 1921 this is a great advance in the effort to give the country boys and girls as good an opportunity for education as city children have long had rural school conditions the U 5 bureau of education through its rural schools division collects and distributes information concerning rural school conditions in all the states the division serves country people parents and patrons as well as school officers through free distribution of publications correspondence radio messages the rural press and articles dealing directly with rural schools in the bureaus monthly magazine school life the division has prepared for circulation among school officers or other responsible persons lantern slides on rural school conditions and activities and two moving picture films one on school consolidation in the united states and one on rural school supervision these may be borrowed without charge except for necessary expense of transportation the division has for free distribution trib ution more than twenty bulletins leaflets and circulars pertaining to rural schools covering subjects such as consolidation certification fi of Teachers DIstribution of 0 state funds agricultural instruction in elementary schools state aid for weak schools A rural teachers library home economics in rural schools rural life and culture bibliography etc country and city schools compared the latest reports show that all the states enroll more than children in their public schools more than are enrolled in the he cities and incorporated towns and about I 1 in the schools of the open country while the city and village schools have about in average daily attendance the country schools have about the length of school terni term in tile the cities is over nine months or days while tile the country schools run less than seven months or less than days in the year in the cities the average number of days attended by each pupil enrolled is while in the rural districts district i the average pupil attends only ag days in the year Is this giving the country boy and girl an equal chance with those in the city compare the one room country school house poorly equipped and comfortless with the handsome school building of the city with the host of equipment compare the poorly paid country teacher try trying i ng to instruct children in six or eight grades grade in one room with the well trained and fairly paid teacher of the city instructing a class of one grade in one room why are the country schools so interior inferior to the city schools it is because t the he average country district Is pot rich enough to pay tor for a good school most of tho the wealth is in the cities and a comparatively low school tax secures good schools in some s states tat e s where the cities can call maintain excellent schools with a tax of 50 cents on oi worth of property there are country districts unable to have good schools by paying three or four times that much T the e hope of our rural schools is in increased state aid which means a larger tax upon wealth tor for tho 60 support of the schools of the people all the children in cities have the same school privileges whether their parents are rich or poor in other words those who have wealth are paying for or the schooling of 0 the children ot of those who pay no taxes should not this equality of opportunity be extended to all tho tha children ot of the stata |