The Training and Experience of the Teachers in the High Schools Accredited by the North Central Association

Abstract

How to secure and retain a body of superior teachers should be the first and foremost concern of any group of educational reformers. Judging from the expressed views of superintendents, principals, and other administrative officers, this is, indeed, their chief concern. Nor does the question interest only the practical school administrators. The educational theorist has for ages sought to suggest the qualities that make an ideal teacher, and more recently has formulated a great variety of scales for judging the elements of strength and weakness of teachers and for rating them in accordance with scientific standards. A notable defect of