The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-01-29
new SCHOOL LAW
HASADD!ED $4,000
Children to Rural Ken
lucky Schools.
THE COMPULSORY EDUCATION
Law IS Working Well Supt.
HAMLET Makes Report
10 Federal Bureau.
STATE is EXAMPLE FOR SOUTH

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 24-An in
creased enrolment of more than
$1,000 among white pupils in the
rural, schools, an increase of 40,913
in the daily average attendance,
and an average increase in the
salaries of teachers of $26, are
some of the results of the enforce
ment of the compulsory education
law, coupled with the law, basing
the salaries of teachers on the per-
centage of enrolment and attend
ance as well as efficiency, according
to a report made by the Kentucky
Department of Education to the
Federal Educational Bureau. These
statistics deal only with conditions
in the white rural schools. The re-
port to the Legislature was antici-
pated in this regard at the request
OF the Federal department.
The white enrolment for the
school year BILLIE was 400,613,
as compared with 3S5,6O7 for the
preceding year.
The average daily attendance
was 241,939, as compared with
2O1,O2S the preceding year.
The average salary of rural
teachers was $3.50, as compared
with 1854 the preceding year.
80 There --@,pas~ exPehaed on -- the
schools for the year $4,465, 642.22,
an increase of $373,949,34; and To-
cal taxes raised aggregated $1,991,-
767.97, an increase of S1S5, SS3.30.
Under the present law the teach
ers have been personally interested
in increasing and holding the at
tendance, and cooperation between
teachers and trustees, Superintend-
ept Hamlet said, has been noticea-
bly, improving, a condition, which is
expected to be fostered by the
trustees round table" to be estab-
lished in connection with the Ken
lucky Educational Association at
it's meeting in Louisville April 80.
On January 2S both the State
Normal Schools will start ten
weeks course for county rural
school supervisors, and the course
will be extended to three years.
Prof. Coates will take charge of the
course at Bowling Green for the
first five weeks and then will go to
Richmond. Alfiffn ga
Besides the regular professional
subjects. this course will include
such practical problems as the func-
tion of the rural school. what con-
stitutes a first-cIass rural school, as
to environment. yard, buildings,
equipment, supplies. organization,
teacher. grading. ETC.; management
and discipline for making citizens,
school entertainments and exhibit
tions, development centers and
demonstration schools, school laws
and legislation with respect to the
work D. of superintendent, work,
methods, reports. attitude, pitfalls,
etc., Of supervisors; school vista
tion by groups of teachers, course
of study; plays and games. retarda-
tion, valuation and selection of
books from. rural school Libraries,
consolidation. problems of the, two
or more teachers non-consolidated
schools.
While this work of supervision is
being perfected the State Depart
ment experts are working on a pro-
gram Of Standardization of rural
schools, intending eventually to
evolve a standard. to which a rural
school must attain in order to be a
good school, and al superior stand
ard, which is designed to represent
what rural school should be. This
program has not been worked out.
but will be in time to put 1t in, prac-
ticei during the 1913714 school year.
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