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sound judgment what is still difficult present the
material collected and to offer the conclusions which have been
reached in clear and simple form Printed reports of ed
caonal studies generally weighted down with many
statistics and with such amount of detail that the intelligent
layman cannot find his way through the
In preparing this report amount of material
brought together nearly all of which is of great
interest the student of education but printed in report
would by its very bulk cloud the important and fundamental
issues has been sought therefore, present the facts
without burdenng the pages of the report with great
amount of statistics The important statistics given
in Part III
In collecting the necessary information chief reliance has
been placed upon extensive and detailed studies the ground
The has been made to minimize the factors of individual
judgment and to record observations objective terms The
aim has not been to make microscopic examination of the
school SYSTEM the contrary the enquiry has attempted to
place before the people of the state those essential facts and
relationships that determine the economy and the perform
of the school system whole 1t is necessary in such
study concentrate upon strategic factors and those that
have significance No outside group of however thor
ough they may study the educational problems of state
of region transform the school system That must
be done by the agency which charged with the conduct and
oversight of the schools themselves The best that outside
critic do is suggest the form of organization adapted
to administer the school system and the general underlying
principles upon which should act The actual development
and improvement of the schools will in the end rest with those
who direct and conduct the schools.
Throughout the report the effort is made to avoid both
the attitude attery that of faulndng
give the result of honest and sincere study clearly frankly
The most distinctive and important characteristic of the
whole work lies in the fact that is rsthand study of
education Vermont made from the standpoint of organ
ISM embracing the whole educational system from elementary
school university In this respect is in marked contrast
former studes in which separate schools groups of
schools have been considered unrelated agencies The
mission itself charged with the duty of viewing education
in Vermont from this broader standpoint and those whom
the commission entrusted the duty of this study have tried
keep consistently mind the fact that there desired
for the state of Vermont conception of education
single thing 1t is from the consistency of this point of view
that the study possesses whatever significance may have
attained.
word should be said concerning the personnel and meth
DDS of work of those responsible for the report This study
committed to the charge of the Carnegie Foundation 1t
has occupied for number of months large share of the
and energy of the President the Secretary and other
members of the staff and other experts fields have
shared in planning and carrying out the work.
Professor Edward c. Elliott of the University of Wscon-
sin the beginning invited to take part in the study and
give the planning of the work the benefit of his expert
in such surveys In addition, Professor Elliott made
special studies of the normal schools and the state system of