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To the various agencies which foster local interest in the public schools of the United States, such as the official popular magazine School Life and parents’ associations, a notable addition has recently been made. At the request of the American Association of University Women, the Office of Education prepared a series of study outlines of certain aspects of the public school system for the uso of the Association's branches. These proved so widely acceptable that they are being reprinted as ten-page leaflets. Those already issued are: “Know your Board of Education” (Local Education Authority), “Know your Superintendent”, “Know your School Principal” and “Know your Teacher”. They deal simply and clearly with such questions as “What are the duties of the principal?”, “What should be his qualifications?”, “Relationship to the local education authority, to the superintendent, to supervisors, to teachers, to the school janitor, to the community”. They are well adapted for guiding discussion by study circles and contain suggestions for investigation and discussion. In an article by the president of the University of Chicago which appeared in The Times United States Supplement of June 8, reference is made to “thedeep and abiding faith of the people in education”, and it concludes—“we shall yet make good ovir boast that we are giving the world a demonstration of education by and for democracy”. The leaflets should serve as an acid test of this faith, and eventually tend to strengthen it.
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“Know Your School” Movement in the United States. Nature 144, 241 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144241b0
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