Annual Report

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Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor., 1906
 

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Seite 24 - ... 2. Multiply 10,008 by 8009. "3. In a town five miles wide and six miles long, how many acres ? "4. How many steps of two and a half feet each will a person take in walking one mile ? "5. What is one third of 17Si?
Seite 51 - What school authorities should do is stated by the statutes ... to be twofold: " First, to provide for a general examination of all the children in the public schools at least once a year for any defect or disability tending to interfere with their school work. "Second, a special examination of children (a) who show signs of being in ill health or of suffering from infectious or contagious disease; (6) who are returning to school after absence on account of illness or from unknown cause.
Seite 25 - What is one-third of 175i/2? 6. A boy bought three dozen oranges for 37% cents and sold them for iy2 cents apiece; what would he have gained if he had sold them for 2y2 cents apiece? 7. There is a certain number, one-third of which exceeds onefourth of it by two ; what is the number? 8. What is the simple interest at 6 per cent of $1200 for 12 years, 11 months and 29 days?
Seite 30 - Differences of salary based upon sex can be defended only by showing that sex is a factor that must be considered in estimating the efficiency of the teacher. Increases of salary based upon zeal, student-like habits, and scholarship must alike be tested by this criterion of efficiency.
Seite 17 - Holy Days, shall be reported as perfect in attendance during the year, if not absent or tardy at any other time; that a credit of...
Seite 40 - ... be a monopoly of the United States, for this machinery is obtainable the world over. American commercial combinations are being imitated everywhere. (It has never yet been shown that the cause of American success in foreign markets was due to the quality of the goods produced) In that respect we have not yet...
Seite 34 - It should never be lost sight of, however, that teachers are expected to live on a much better scale of living than other workers on similar wage, and that the living standard for teachers is constantly rising. As the 1905 report stated it: The salaried employee is always at a disadvantage at periods of prosperity and high prices, as salaries are much slower to advance than prices or wages. The salaried employee with a stationary income must not only pay the higher prices, but he almost of necessity...
Seite 5 - ... shall be given to each child so absent equal to the average credit of each study during the week. Pupils may be admitted on each of the days named...
Seite 30 - ... salaries by estimates of the value of the services rendered by them. Any consideration is invalid, except in so far as it affects efficiency. An increase of salary, based upon the length of service only, can be defended successfully, so far as it can be shown that length of service conduces to greater efficiency...

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