Word: locally
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Local governments are not so vexed this year about an old debate: federal aid for school construction. Eighty percent of school bonds requested this year were voted in, compared to 73% last year. But the quality of a school depends most upon the quality of its teachers, and such is the character even of devoted pedagogues that money attracts them. Last year the average classroom teacher's salary in Mississippi was $3,070; in only 13 states was it above $5,000. One out of every ten teachers quits yearly. There is no problem in wealthy Scarsdale, N.Y., which...
...more vexing is the oddly uneven quality of public education. Compared to Europe's state-run systems, U.S. schools seem an anarchist's brainchild. With their genius for decentralization, the Constitution's writers left education in the laps of the states, which handed it over to local communities. Today nearly all responsibility is vested in 198,108 members of 49,477 school boards. The schools they command reflect vastly different standards. The . teachers they hire receive grossly varying salaries. The results range from splendid to shameful...
Each has different problems. The mainly vocational school has to teach skills applicable to the local job market. The suburban school has to deal with many a boy not blessed with talents to match his parents' ambitions. Nobody can judge a school's performance without analyzing how well it serves the specific needs of its students...
...arts. In 1949 he suggested launching the National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools (now the National Citizens Council for Better Schools) to throw intelligent criticism instead of brickbats at the schools. When it began, only 17 citizens groups existed in the country. Today's roster: 18,000 local groups in 49 states and the District of Columbia...
Nevertheless, only a small step was taken toward a settlement. Management agreed to refer work practices and other local issues (TIME, Aug. 24) to labor-management subcommittees in the twelve major struck companies, thus agreeing with the union's stand that these are local problems that should be handled on the local level. "The strike has now reached a critical stage," said Labor Secretary James Mitchell, "and the next few days will determine whether we get a reasonable settlement or whether the strike will be further drawn...