Excerpt from Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Board of Education: Together With the Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board
The Board of Education respectfully submits to the legislature its Thirty-Fifth Annual Report, the Reports of the Visitors of the Normal Schools, and of the Treasurer, Secretary, and General Agent.
This Board, in the fulfilment of the duties imposed upon it of making suggestions as to the most practical means of improving and extending the efficiency of the system of popular education, has, at different times, urged upon the legislature the necessity of a thorough supervision of the Common Schools. It has been truly said that "the most important branch of administration, as connected with education, relates to school inspection." This subject was fully discussed in the report of the Secretary for 1869, and has been referred to in subsequent reports of the Board and Secretary. Their suggestions have been partially adopted, and the necessity of such supervision has been so far recognized that most of the cities and several of the large towns of the Commonwealth employ a superintendent of schools. This agency is "now exerting a more powerful influence than any other instrumentality in perfecting the character and giving efficiency to the schools." It has been introduced into most of our sister States, with equally beneficial results. While the benefits of the system are enjoyed by over forty cities and towns, the remaining number do not employ a superintendent. Most of them cannot afford the expense, but these very towns are the ones that most need such supervision, for the small towns cannot obtain as able and experienced teachers as the larger and wealthier places, and they have fewer persons of literary attainments able to devote their time and talents to these duties. They are also more heavily taxed in proportion to their valuation than the large cities.
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