Excerpt from The Selection of Textbooks
Given a reliable system of school administration, one which permits and aids the operation of the schools for the benefit of the children and society, the two factors which have the most direct influence upon the success of teaching in the average classroom are (1) the professional training of the teachers employed, and (2) the effectiveness of the textbooks used by the pupils.
The importance of well-trained teachers does not need to be argued. It has never required argument. But the ways and means by which prospective teachers of large ability are to be recruited by the normal schools, trained after they have entered upon their courses, appointed to positions which they are specially qualified to fill, and promoted for meritorious service, are matters to which the public mind should be directed continuously. The fact is that America has not provided an adequate corps of highly trained teachers for the education of its children. Every citizen in America recognizes the need, but public support has not operated to meet the necessity with satisfactory results.
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