Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for the Year Ending June 2, 1890
The minimum school term was made six months in 1887, and great benefit was thus conferred upon many children living in districts where the annual term was too short to make the schools effective It is mani fest that a longer term is needed. The districts limiting their schools to a term of six months have the benefit of their investments in build ings and grounds for but half the year, and when the fuel bill is largest. The Opening days of a school term, like the beginnings of other enter prises, are least productive, The expense of these Opening days yields least return to the districts having short terms. But there are many districts, laying the maximum of tax, unable to sustain good schools for more than six months. A lengthening of the term in these cases, under present conditions, would necessitate cheaper teachers and poorer schools. An increase in the annual appropriation will remove every rational objection to a lengthening of the term, and will thus greatly increase the value of the schools. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
