The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-01-29


inducing trained teachers to Vermont and to retaining such
teachers already in the state clearly of exceptional ability
promise Vemonts policy should be to well for ability and to
that she gets it, For refuse the deserved increase
notably teacher thereby sacrificing the
steady of its schooling wholly repreensb
form inefficient and ought not to be tolerated by the
state unless the amount of needed out of proportion the
grade school that the community capable supporting
An avowd shift of emphasis education from the curriculum
to the child involving the intimate and continuous study of each nd
vdual child determine what his characteristics and needs h
natural latent assend adaptation curriculum organization
of the school the development of those the
that the social and economcof each individual
increased the largest possible extent This end to be
achieved
Through varied Offering especially such subjects
active concrete motor application compared
solely abstract pavy absorpve verbal reaction hence the
practical arts original oral expression and composition mathematics
languages applied stimulating content history life
story of the familiar present, and so
contributing the educa
each child elements that will illuminate his surroundings
prepare him directly for the life and work that probably him.
hence particularly agriculture in its various forms;
Through elastic allowing skilled and experienced
liberty for such adaptation their insight appo
pirate to the pupils with whom they DEAL and
Through serious effort school the
and responsibility for dealing individually instead Systematically with
its pupils.
This recommendation delicate difficult readusmen
accomplished only through personnel of considerable
fssona ability to degeneration into pedagogical chaos
injurious the mechanical tendency of the present rigid system The
unifyng factors should be:
~ painstaking secondary
education, and
2) Frequent agree
upon minimum their well maintain salts
factory personal and professional standards
persistent and careful scrutiny of the cost of the curriculum
applied each school, with securing the largest actual
the money invested This realize the
full pupeng Of teacher Of piece of apparatus
portion of the should lead the
Of expensive for few specialized students unless often
possible with pupils having initiative these be directed informally
the continuity of involving extravagant
pup-mght well be sacrificed the teachers time salary
could be invested elsewhere advantage scenat
ration for college and strong desire for logical consistency have blinded
here to just Of actual values
TO- general reorganization of the secondary schools the prn-
ciple of Capitalization:
The development Is to Is central readily accessible
schools regional high schools arcuang directly with
boring junior high schools (see p, and having:
rich and comprehensive twoyear curriculum appropriate to
the youth to 10 drawn from the surrounding district
fouryear junior curriculum ~ but including special
opportunities particularly in agriculture for pupils from
IL to 16 years of age
c. highly trained and wellpad staff;
d. Adequate equipment for all purposes;
Carefully studied housing supervising pupils who
from distance; and
disposition facilities for becoming the cners Of the
fe both adult, of the group
of towns that they
The reorganization of the remaining high schools together
with the the proposed regional high Schools into