The Washington herald., 1915-03-22
Education Boards Inconsistency.

Some one has suggested course OF cduca-
ton tor boards OF education Why not have the
government provide for college OF that kind in
connection with the National University we arc to
sometime have in Washington? In our efforts to
educate the masses VIC have overlooked the people
who manage the business. Anybody can be 4
member OF board OF education and he can be
possessed OF any idea or no idea as to the funr-
tons, privileges and responsibilities OF the board
as to what constitutes an education and how i,
! IS TO be acquired. 1t would be appropriate to
have the members OF the Board of Education able
! to understand what they are DOING and it might
| lie profitable experience Tor them to so through
some OF the drills and grills they prescribe as
necessary Tor child to be educated The school
children would welcome such an arrangement
and IN the association they might get some profit
as wcll as no end OF enjoyment. The members OF
the board might then discover that teaching i, an
art as we'll as profession, and that good teacher
docs not lose her after marriage any more than
Ia poor teacher is developed into a good teacher
by remaining martyr TO single blcsscdncss 1t
IS as consistent to such questions by IRON
clad rules, as IT would be to put an age limit on
rc ibers OF the Board OF Education, provide that
no man should be a member OF tho board who had
less than six children in the public schools
The mothers have been the teachers OF the race
army OF school children going home with their
books under their arms, and large assignments of
home work would Concluic that the mother, arc
even now depended upon Prepare the pur,l, for
recitation more than arc Tie teachers 50 the
Board OF Education had better be careful how they
reflect on motherhood in their rules The ,iotlicrs
might strike, and say TO the board: I'VE arc taxed
to support the public Schools and vow I pro-
VIDE teachers to teach the children ju>l hey do
IN private schools, and not acac,rs vile, assign
lessons for the mothers TO teach at holic" What
revolution that would be; and It ,r ,, e., ,, close
the schools more ctcctuay than wo;IG ..u cpl
dcwc OF measles.
We spend $500, 900 600 : wear ,d education in
this country NOR than doublc the amount spent
IN 1000. The people will endure any tax for c,lu-
cation, and boards OF education ought To- krcr, II
mind that the school funds to be used for the ,
benefit OF the great army OF children who arc to |
be educated, and not for the purpose OF building /
up a bureaucracy OF teachers who arc to be or
gained like arm with military rules machine /,
Methods union scale, and 1nonoIuli-tic 1ri, icgcs
II the latter the object OF tins large public !
expenditure It would be euucutly proper TO cx-
pei any teacher who gets married. ior Tie benefit
vi the order. But while the public >cl:ooI, afc
iu~ the benefit ui tic clnidrcu and 50
much OF tic teaching. is cone at home bv the |
fathers and mothers, II is not wise io- tie Board
OF Education to lay down rule that a married ,
Woman y not competent TO hold place i, teacher.
There Is dangerous Inconsistency in that PROPOSE
ton when taken in connection with the actual
practice in the schools to have the pupil, prepare
their lessons Al ho.uc under the super, i-io, ~
their mothers