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SCHOOL and college summaries seem perpetual in the United States. “A Review of Educational Legislation: 1937 and 1938”, by Mr. Ward Keesecker (Washington, D.C., 10 cents), has involved, we are told, a study of 1,500 enactments. The main tendencies exhibited are increased support from the State with more control and the establishment of minimum State-aid foundations. Pennsylvania in 1937 paid special attention to local schools, county boards of directors, the merging of schools poorly attended, and transportation routes. In Georgia all teachers now have to be classified according to their training and experience. In Nevada, amendment of the liquor-licence law increased the amount set aside for education. Tennessee added 4J million dollars to school funds. Two States, Arkansas and Vermont, made teaching on the effects of alcohol compulsory from grades 3 to 8. Montana required all public schools to give instruction in music, art, and elementary agriculture. Several States increased the minimum salaries of teachers and their benefits on retirement, and Kentucky forbade city schools to discriminate against married women as teachers. It is clear that throughout the country great pains have been taken to see that education is better managed and financed.
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American Zeal for Education. Nature 145, 930 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145930b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145930b0