The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-02-26
Eastern States
Follow ldaho's
Educational Lead.

educational Commissions in
Vermont and Nebraska are rec
ommending to the legislatures in
these states the Idaho plan of
State School administration,
with unified State Board of
Education and a Commissioners
The State Of Vermont has had
the most thorough study OF educ
ational conditions Of any State
IN the Union. First the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement
Of teaching. at the invitation OF
the Legislature, made a careful
survey; then an additional com
missin took up the recommend
ations. revised and modified them
and has presented them to the
Legislature for enactment to law
One thing recommended to the
Carnegie Foundation and endor
sed by the Commission is a state
educational administration, pra-
ctically identical with that now
III force III Idaho. The proposed
law on this point Is chapter l of
new and comprehensive educat-
ional code, now before the Legis-
lature of Vermont.
One parallelism is almost com.
plete: the whole educational svs.
tenn OF the State, from Kinder
Rarten to University, is under one
State Board OF Education as in
Idaho; the Board consists of FIVE
mem bers, not engaged in educat-
ional work. appointed by the
Governor, for terms of five years.
one vacancy occurring each year:
again identical with our plan.
The State Board are to appoint
a aCommtssioner Of Education and
assistants, who shall formulate
and carry out educational plans
in accordance with the provisions
OF law and with the approval OF
the Board" "
The Vermont plan goes some
what farther than the Idaho plan;
two deputy commissioners are
provided tor; the State Board has
full charge Ot the certihcation of
teachers. and has also power to
appoint certain district or uuion
superintendent to supervise the
schools thruout the State. and to
supervise school expenditures.
In general, however, the Ver-
mont law is modelled exactly after
the Idaho plan. AS matter OF
fact, DR.. II. S. Prltchett, pres. of
Carnegie Foundation, in a con
ference with Commissioners E. O.
SissOn. more than II wear ago.
stated that he intended TO rec
comend the Idaho plan to the
Vermont authorities, who have
now accepted it, as the best met
hod of solving their educational
problems.
NEBRASKA ALSO Follows.
The School Law Revision Com
mIttee OF Nebra ska, in accordance
with resolution of the Legisiat-
ure. was appointed September II,
1913, by the Governor to study
school conditions OF Nebraska.
the means oiincreasing the unity.
economy and efficiency in the
plan and expenditures OF the Ne
braska schools. and the manner
i'll winch the school sy stems of
other states might be wisely ap.
piled to Nebraska. This Com
mission submitted It's report to
the Governor Dec. ], 1914. The
following are some of the i'm.
portant recommendations.
Constitutional Amendments:
The State Constitution should be
changed so AS to eliminate the
office of State Superintendent and
create a State Board of Educat-
ion. with authority to appoint
Commissioner of Education as
executive officer"
Several other states. including
Wisconsin and North Dakota are
also moving III the same direction
and have been in correspondence
with the Idaho Board concerning
the new plan.