New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-20
Associate Superintendent McAndrew Praises Results OF
Gary Plan in P S S9-Finds Academic Work
Above Average-Attendance Higher
Than Before Reorganization.

brighten up as she came in. The prln-
cipsl says this is generally so.
1.-THE use Of thu specially trained
teacher for the special subjects, an al
iustment which the president OF the
board recommended as productive OF
maximum efficiency with minimum oil
effort, has been effected here with gooo
results and is pleasing to teachers ana
pupils. , ;us,rr.,ior
is greatly 20 be desired as one of the
valuable features of the plan-oppor-
tunity for the little children to get
into varied kinds Of workshops, seeing
and sharing in manual work and be
coming the kind Of shop workers they
want 10 be. The stimuli Of interest, I'M
itation. the sense OF achievement,
should be secured.
Attendance Better Under New Organ
iztion.
"The percentage of enrolled pupils
attending has been higher than before
reconciliation, as shown by selections
of the two months each year usually
taken for comparison. For the old or
Ranization the percentage OF attend
ance is 81; for the new organization
the percentage Of attendance has
been 80.
More Time for Classroom Instruction
Under Gary Plan.
In comparing an ordinary ive-hour
school day with the programme OF Pub
lie School 80 as 70 the minutes per
week devoted 70 classroom instruction.
Mr.. McAndrew finds that the classroom
instruction in Public School 80 amounts
70 IL, 200 minutes, as compared with
total of $50 minutes in an ordinary
fye-hour school. OF these amounts
Public School SO gives in the third,
fourth, fifth and sixth years 200 MIN
utes per week 10 science, drawing and
music, and in years seven and eight 400
minutes per week to these subjects. lie
adds: 81 have seen some printed OBJ
iections to the extended use Of assem-
bly, exercises, assuming that 1t m
fringes upon classroom instruction.
Even if IL did so. it is possible to see
how certain subjects could be covered
az well by this means, but the assembly
time is secured by the heightened day.
Pupils When Not Under Direct Control.
"The only circumstances during the
entire session Of the X school or the Y
school. when pupils are not under SUI
pervision of their teachers. is in the
case OF pupils who have gone home for
luncheon.
p. S. SO Pupils More Alert.
az have on four separate occasions
taken personal charge of different
classes in Public School 80 for pur-
poses of examination, questioning, etc.
On October II | compared a 5B mixed
class in No. SO with one in neighbor-
ing school. The subject matter. spell
ing and checking Of errors, was the
same in each school. The time in each
case was thirty minutes. In Public
School SO the hour was at the close Of
the morning session. In the other
school it was at the beginning Of the
afternoon session. The number of in
attentive, listless children notably lack
ing in self-control in Public School So
was 9-I0 per cent; in the other school,
II 5-l0 per cent
"As / have observed, the pupils of
Public School SO in their alertness,
readiness and response have been above
the average observed in the Brooklyn
schools. The president, in his account
Of his visit to Gary, remarked the
easy, democratic and yet respectful
spirit that prevails In my opinion,
MIS-. hllltIt LHt Wv
operation Of willing teachers. has OBJ
tanned this spirit in No. SO.
p. 8. SO Above Average in Academic
Work.
"As 10 proficiency in the studies,
applied at the record room for the dis
trict superintendents report on this
and other schools in the district for
1874, 19l4-15, and am advised that
there are none on file. Inquiry in
your Office brings a similar reply
have comparative figures for only the
limited class examinations made by
myself.
"In addition, multiplication and
fractions, in a test of 962 pupils Of the
graduating class in various Brooklyn
schools. including Public School so.
per cent right, 6G; Public School 80
per cent right. 81.
Spelling twenty words each grade.
Russell Sage Foundation list. Not
previously taught by either school.
Ter cert fisht Per cent rslt
Gr.d. p \ ~. AnO.utr u Mn SCHOOL
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