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1918, Missouri Annual Reports of Public Schools

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Annual report created by the Missouri State Superintendent of Public Schools for the General Assemblyeffects of war (World War I) on education system, war support efforts in Missourilegislation needed to make English primary language, foreign language knowledge should be optional, legislation should be passed requiring American citizenship for all teachers in Missourirevision of elementary school state curricula completedagriculturally based Boys and Girls Clubs, practical experience should be awarded school creditrecommendations from the rural school survey postponed due to influenza situation (1918 Spanish Influenza epidemic)County Superintendents ConventionMissouri College Unionrural high school inspection program, budget cuts have reduced inspections to a bare minimum, higher qualifications needed for high school teachers, losing elementary school teachers due to poor salariescertificate awardence issues with the Teacher-Training programissues with the office of state superintendent as an elected positionreport of the Rural school survey ordered by the governor, Missouri rates 32nd of 48 states in education, table showing comparison with other statesCountry School Campaign, publicity handbills pointing out issues with Missouri rural schoolsvalue of teaching agricultureimplementation of the Smith-Hughes Act in Missourivocational school statisticsconsolidated school statisticsnormal school statistics (Cape Girardeau, Lincoln Institute, Maryville, Springfield, Warrensburg)state annual apportionment statistics by countystatistics and report summaries by county from county clerks, county superintendents, secretary of boards of educations (classified and unclassified high school statistics)comparison statistics of town and county schools
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