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Excerpt from School Statistics and Publicity WE hear from the forum and pulpit that reconstruction must follow a war of such magnitude as that just closing. But the laws of habit still operate and, if permitted to do so, the nation will return, in fact will prefer to return, to those accustomed grooves of thought and action from which they have been so vigorously shaken. This return is not possible in those cases which have an economic basis. The industrial world will be compelled by the insistence of labor to change its ideals and practices, and problems of finance, taxes, and revenues will force reconstruction in the field of politics. But education will not feel the insistent urge of economic forces unless some obvious catastrophe, such as the spectacle of schoolrooms unprovided with teachers because of public parsimony, visualizes the crisis for the taxpayers. Situations less obvious than this the citizen does not see and understand. It is difficult to show him that low salaries may result in other evils as serious as the corporeal absence of teachers from the classroom. He must be shown that not only must teaching be good but that better buildings, better sanitation, curriculum changes, compulsory education, and vocational education must be provided. 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.

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Excerpt from School Statistics and Publicity We hear from the forum and pulpit that reconstruction must follow a war of such magnitude as that just closing. But the laws of habit still operate and, if permitted to do so, the nation will return, in fact will prefer to return, to those accustomed grooves of thought and action from which they have been so vigorously shaken. This return is not possible in those cases which have an economic basis. The industrial world will be compelled by the insistence of labor to change its ideals and practices, and problems of finance, taxes, and revenues will force reconstruction in the field of politics. But education will not feel the insistent urge of economic forces unless some obvious catastrophe, such as the spectacle of schoolrooms unprovided with teachers because of public parsimony, visualizes the crisis for the taxpayers. Situations less obvious than this the citizen does not see and understand. It is difficult to show him that low salaries may result in other evils as serious as the corporeal absence of teachers from the classroom. He must be shown that not only must teaching be good but that better buildings, better sanitation, curriculum changes, compulsory education, and vocational education must be provided. 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.

This statistical analysis report from the National Center for Education Statistics examines the current state of school libraries in the United States and how they have changed. The primary source of data in this report is the 1993-94 Library Survey, the first federally sponsored survey of library media centers and head librarians in elementary and secondary schools. The data taken from the 1993-94 Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) are compared with historical data from previous surveys. Results, in tables and charts, are divided into two sections. The first section gives a background on school library media centers and results are presented in terms of growth in school library media centers, library media center staffing, expenditures, collections and resource evaluation, technology and equipment, and scheduling and transactions. The second section focuses on school head librarians, and provides results in current status, background and experience, training, collaborative activities, perception and attitude toward work, compensation, and number of FTE positions. Appendices include detailed tables, and technical notes focusing on survey content, target populations and estimates, sample design and implementation, data collection procedures, response rates, edit procedures, imputation, weighting, and definitions. (AEF)