Morning journal and courier., 1893-06-14
NEW HAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS.

The Annual Report of the State Board of Education-Sone Defects That Need Curine-Where Improve ment May be Made-The Big In- crease of Population in New Haven County.
 Extracts from the press copies of the an- nual report of the Connecticut board of edu- cation indicates some of the results of the investigation into the condition of the schools of New Haven county:
 la e5ecuttng the duties laid upon them by the of New Haven county. The results of this invss- dgation are shown in detail in the report of the p
 l. In too many schools sometimes in all the schools In town, children at twelve and over dc know.
 This derloraole result is not due to inability The method of of teaching @ % c.nnot % secure tss most ana best education in . reasonable time.
 many teachers do not possess hs the necessary not knoWlhow to so arrange courses and to so ln- struct as to do the most possible of what is worth schools will seldom reveal a teacher who is de. void Of interest In her work. Many Of them are only small % Der % cent en ever recsiSed anythins like special training in the art ot instruction The ends of education demand that teachers be
 
 schools, it also expend some of it's money in giv- ing our teachers greater skill. Quitting one NsH hs by the examiner had normal school or equivalent training.
 8; There is no adequate supervision. In twen- ty-three towns the schools are visited and super visory duties performed twice In a term There ven and WaterbIry, S" which employ . superiuten- dent. It 1. quite impossible to characterize the has no effect upon the teacher and is only in- tended to satisfy the visitor that In general the legai rsq9irsments % of the school have % been met. schools.
 The report of Secretary Charles D. Hine shows that the school population of the state for the year of the report was 181, 241, the number of pupils enrolled in the craze daily attendance was 64, 304, and the average number of days the schools were kept was 18626. There were 1850 school houses in the state, and the value of the public school property was $8, ,655, ,054 S1. ! The school revenue amounted to $2, ,009,- 3S3 6S. The total expenditures were $2,. 167, ,079.18, which was $2 90 DOT capita of population, and which made the average daily cost of the education of each pupil ! IA cents.
 Below is summary of statistics con l C6rnlQg LeaclerS TOT 1SSU-Sl:
 | Number of teachers In winter-male, ASA; ! female, 2,866; total. .................... 3, ,3O ! Decrease, male, 26; increase, female, 100; | total increase. se......................... q | Number of teachers in summer-male, 34!; female, 2,952; total. .............. 32o Decrease-male, IS; increase female, 100; | tOtal increase. ........................ o ! Number of teachers continued in same
 school ........................ 2,s6 | Increase for the year r...........,........ l0 Number of teachers who never taught be- ! | Decrease for the year ar..................... ! Average wages per month for male teach CTS ....,..................... 1'' l | Increase for the year ....................- ! Average wages per month for female peAcners. .......................... 59 2 | Increase fer the year.. ! Number of teachers whose wages was ! $0 orl ess per month-male, Il; fe- ! Number of teachers whose wages was from SEQ to S25 per month-male, 4s;
 female, S11; total. 35 | Number of teachers who had attended
 Normal school. ool........................ GA Number of teachers meetiDgs held dur
 Number of state certificates granted 15 ! Number of state certificates in force Sep tember ], 1891 91......................... 30 Ona If fha inrsrsaf;po fso oe ho ro