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YOUR SCHOOLS

An Interpretive Report of Inquiry No. 1
Relating to Salaries, Training and Ex-
perience of Teachers in the National
Survey of Urban Public Schools :

Directed by

The National Committee for Chamber
of Commerce Cooperation

with the Public Schools,and

the American City Bureau.

SECOND EDITION

Published by

AMERICAN CITY BUREAU
New York Chicago San Francisco

1920

Toronto

COMMERCE CO-OPERATION WITH THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

GEORGE D. STRAYER, Chairman, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.

HERBERT S. WEET, Vice Chairman,
Superintendent Public Schools,
Rochester, N. Y.

HAROLD A. DAVIDSON, Vice Chairman Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Erie, Pa.

FRED A. RICHARDSON, Executive Secretary, Secretary American City Bureau, New York, N. Y.

Secretaries of Chamber of Commerce

H. E. PATTERSON, Fresno, Cal.
S. B. PRICE, Bridgeport, Conn.
CHAS. E. ROBERTSON, Atlanta, Ga.
ERNEST H. KRUEGER, Springfield, Ill.
J. B. REYNOLDS, Indianapolis, Ind.
R. H. FAXON, Des Moines, Ia.
RAYMOND B. GIBBS, Kansas City, Kans.
CHAS. E. WESTERVELT, Auburn, Me.
A. S. GOLDSBORO, Baltimore, Md.
SIMMS JAMIESON, Hagerstown, Md.
WALTER O. LOCHNER, Attleboro, Mass.
C. D. JACKSON, Springfield, Mass.
LEE H. BIERCE, Grand Rapids, Mich.
J. C. BUEKEMA, Manistee, Mich.
WM. A. SEARLE, Camden, N. J.
M. D. GRIFFITH, Elizabeth, N. J.
JOHN J. FITZGERALD, Paterson, N. J.
ROY S. SMITH, Albany, N. Y.
MAYO FESLER, Brooklyn, N. Y.
JAMES T. BADGLEY, Dunkirk, N. Y.
ED. D. BEVITT, Rome, N. Y.
HOWARD STRONG, Rochester, N. Y.
J. T. DANIELS, Columbus, O.
E. L. MCCOLGIN, Dayton, O.

F. F. EUBANK, Sandusky, O.
CHAS. E. HALL, Oklahoma City, Okla.
W. D. B. DODSON, Portland, Ore.
EARL S. WEBER, Bradford, Pa.
HAL F. WILTSE, Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. A. Cox, Norfolk, Va.
JAMES A. FORD, Spokane, Wash.

Superintendents of City Schools

H. B. WILSON, Berkeley, Cal.
FRED M. HUNTER, Oakland, Cal.
J. H. NEWLON, Denver, Colo.
S. J. SLAWSON, Bridgeport, Conn.
STANLEY H. HOLMES, New Britain, Conn.
C. B. GIBSON, Savannah, Ga.
J. H. BENTLEY, Richmond, Ind.
FRANK L. SMART, Davenport, Ia.
J. W. GOWANS, Winfield, Kanз.
Z. E. SCOTT, Louisville, Ky.
J. M. GWINN, New Orleans, La.
FRANK V. THOMPSON, Boston, Mass.
H. L. BELISLE, Fall River, Mass.
FRANK CODY, Detroit, Mich.
PAUL STETSON, Muskegon, Mich.
P. P. CALLOWAY, Moberley, Mo.
JOHN W. WITHERS, St. Louis, Mo.
J. H. BEVERIDGE, Omaha, Neb.
HENRY SNYDER, Jersey City, N. J.
WILLIAM L. ETTINGER, New York, N. Y.
R. J. CONDON, Cincinnati, O.

R. G. JONES, Cleveland, O.

E. B. OBERHOLTZER, Tulsa, Okla.

I. B. BUSH, Erie, Pa.

WM. M. DAVIDSON, Pittsburgh, Pa.
S. E. WEBER, Scranton, Pa.

ISAAC O. WINSLOW, Providence, R. I.

A. H. HILL, Richmond, Va.
F. B. COOPER, Seattle, Wash.
C. S. MEEK, Madison, Wis.

Chambers of commerce in the cities of the United States with a population of 8,000 and more have been asked to cooperate with city superintendents of schools and school boards in analyzing the present school situation and determining the facts on which to base school plans for the future. The chambers of commerce have been asked to take the leadership in conducting local campaigns of publicity to acquaint the citizen taxpayer with public school service and its needs, and in organizing community forces to secure an intelligent and adequate support for a program of improvements.

The decision to undertake this inquiry grew from a conference of a group of superintendents of schools with a few chamber of commerce secretaries which was held in Cleveland, Ohio, on February 24 at the invitation of the American City Bureau, New York. It was the opinion of all those present at this meeting, particularly of the superintendents of schools, that the cooperation of civic and commercial organizations with the city school officials was of vital importance in bringing together all classes of the community in support of a program of improvements planned to overcome the conditions which now menace the public schools.

At this meeting the National Committee for Chamber of Commerce Cooperation with the Public Schools was organized. It includes 33 secretaries of chambers of commerce and 31 superintendents of schools, representing in all 60 different cities.

The conference decided that effective aid by the chambers of commerce could be brought about only after a survey had been made of conditions in the schools as they are today, which would enable each organization to know how its local situation compared with that of other cities throughout the nation. The facts are not known. The Executive Committee has planned three separate inquiries to cover the following subjects:

Inquiry Number One:

How much training do your teachers have?

How well do you pay your school employees?

What special inducements do you offer the teachers in your schools?

Inquiry Number Two:

How well do you house your school children?

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