School & Society Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...even among ofiicers, was rare; while in the freshmen class two men and a young woman made 200 points, two of them seventeen years of age and the other sixteen. Care was taken to ascertain all those who had even seen the tests before. There were five men and two women who had taken the test before (probably a different blank), and in each of these cases 10 points was deducted from the total score made, since the average practise effect from taking the test once is about this amount. The tests were given to all students when they were comparatively fresh, early Monday morning. EDWARD S. J osas Assrsrssr Paorrssoa, Ossanm Common SHOULD TEACHERS UNIONIZE UNDER THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR IT is one of the phenomena of the unrest and instability which now permeate all ranks and classes that the teachers of the United States are agitating the question whether or not they sl1ould as a class form unions and affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The answer to this question is to be found in a critical examination of the conditions, social and economic, and a determination of the direction wherein the best interests of the teachers not only but also of the schools and of education impel us to go. Nay more: we must determine an ultimate and fundamental thing, and that is the best interests of the public as conserved by the schools through their educational function. The public interest is the final criterion. To an examination of these questions this paper addresses itself. First a fundamental principle should be laid down--a principle that needs only to be stated to be accepted. That principle is that in the long run the interests of the teacher and the interests of the school are one. No policy which betters the economic and social...