The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-30
Large Majority Of Mime
sota's Teachers Drawn
From This Source
TERMS ARE TOO SHORT
About Fffty-Three Per Cent of Pub
lie school Teachers Have Held
Their Positions Only One
Year-Due to Low Wages.

The high schools of Minnesota con-
tinue 10 supply by far the larger number
Of teachers in the public schools OF Min
neeota. About Go per cent OF the teach
ers of the state are graduates of either a
high school. normal school, or col
lege. OF this Go per cent, over one-half
are graduates of high schools, most OF
them Minnesota high schools. According
to statistics of the department of educa-
+io, far 1901. SO per cent of these gradu-
ate teachers are high school graduates,
g5 Z per cent are graduates of normal
ecbools and lis are graduates of col
Ieges.
This condition differs very little from
che condition of previous years. In lS99
10 per cent were high school graduates,
and i'm 1850 81 per cent We're nigh school
graduates The percentage of high school
graduate teachers is higher than before,
and the percentage of the normal scnool
graduate teachers slightly lower Col
5rre Graduates have increased slightly,
md at the expense of normal school
graduates
There are at present about 1000 teach
r,.s v,-ho are graduates. and of this num-
her 8S00 are high school graduates, z'oVO
normal school graduates, and SUI coIlege
graduates
Teachers Terms Too Brief.
Of the teachers in the public schools
Of Minnesota today. 2S per cent have held
4hair positions three Years or more, Il
1ar cent have held their positions but
two wears. and 53 per cent have served
but one year This question OF the per
manency of teachers positions has peen
agftated all over the country, and espe-
ciaIy in Minnesota. Supt. Olsen ana
Assistant Superintendent Schulz have
both agitateG longer tenure of positions
90 one Of the essentials of improvements
i'm educational results. No other one
thing works so many disadvantages TO
school districts as the constant changing
of teachers which is largely the result
of low wages. In this respect the country
suffers tenfold more than the city. In the
fudependent districts, in 1901, IS per cent
of the teachers had their positions Tor
three years, is per cent for two years
ana q per cent for one year. In the
common school districts, however, only
IL per cent had held for three years, and
n Der cent for two years, while IS per
cent were serving their first year.
This one fact, says Assistant Superin-
tendeut Schulz explains more than any
thing else. why conditions in the country
schools are not as advantageous appar-
emily as in city schools.
Instead of improving, the condition In
eN~SN'N~A-J
worse than it was five years ago. The
neW~eertifcate law, which has forced an
increase in wages in country schools it
is hoped, sill operate to do away with
this unfortunate condition.
Statistics of Terms.
Fhe statistics for the academic train
ing ard teaching term of Minnesota
teachers art as. follows;
Common School Districts
schools <, ,.......:.,,....,. ! sos /, 891 LIB
Teachers. graduates of
normal Embellishments. 5l8 6l4 6I6
Teachers, graduates of
colleges O.. .....-..c........ 1893 2l5 pa
independent Districts
High school 70. ..............1,I3 ) 1880 Sal
NormsI school . 81 1922 / $50
College d. .......,........... 476 AS 55S
Time teachers have held positions:
Common School Districts
Three years or more...... 672 62S 662
Two years e. ...............1,0 DIS 1.031 1.185
one year .................5,292 2,605 1872
Independent Districts
Three years or more - 01S 1859 1888
Two years o.. ............... 504 523 633
One year ................. Csc 652 ST