A VILLAGE HIGH SCHOOL 



or more than half of their time to supervising the work of the 1,778 

 teachers employed. And the city was criticised in "The Report of the 

 Commission Appointed to Study the System of Education in the Public 

 Schools of Baltimore" because the supervision was considered by the 

 experts who made the study, inadequate in amount! Baltimore had 

 but one such supervisor for every 32 teachers while the average for the 

 18 largest cities in the United States that year was 1 for every 19 teachers. 

 It is on account of this supervision in city systems that the great pro- 

 gress has been made in city schools, and for the lack of it that the country 

 schools have failed to keep pace. In every business enterprise but 

 public education it is recognized that to obtain the best results super- 

 vision from bottom to top is essential. 



With the present number and distribution of schools Montgomery 

 County should employ at least 3 assistant superintendents who would 

 devote their entire time to supervising the work of the teachers. This 

 would give 1 to every 35 schools, or 1 to every 54 teachers. The amount 

 of supervision would still be inadequate but would be a vast improvement 

 over the present amount. These assistants should be under the direct 

 authority of the county superintendent. Each should be assigned a 

 definite part of the county so that they would come to know their schools 

 and their patrons, and could acquire close, definite information relative 



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