New Ideals in Rural Schools

1. Consolidation the first step toward rural school efficiency35 (#x1_x_1_i118)

2. Irrationality of present district system36 (#x1_x_1_i121)

3. Obstacles in the way of consolidation37 (#x1_x_1_i123)

4. The present movement toward consolidation38 (#x1_x_1_i127)

5. Effects of consolidation40 (#x1_x_1_i132)

6. On attendance41 (#x1_x_1_i133)

7. On expense41 (#x1_x_1_i133)

8. On efficiency42 (#x1_x_1_i135)

9. The one-room school yet needed as a part of the rural system42 (#x1_x_1_i135)

Financial Support of the Rural School

1. Lack of adequate financial support of rural schools43 (#x1_x_1_i135)

2. Difference in city and rural basis for taxation44 (#x1_x_1_i138)

3. Low school tax characteristic of rural communities45 (#x1_x_1_i141)

4. State aid for rural schools46 (#x1_x_1_i143)

5. Safeguards required where the principle of state aid is supplied47 (#x1_x_1_i145)

6. Summary and conclusion48 (#x1_x_1_i146)

The Rural School and its Pupils

1. The spirit of the pupils as a test of the school50 (#x1_x_1_i149)

2. The negative attitude of rural pupils toward their school51 (#x2_x_2_i1)

3. Causes of this defection to be sought in the school51 (#x2_x_2_i1)

4. The problem of poor rural school attendance52 (#x2_x_2_i3)

5. The consolidated school as a cure for indifferent attitude and poor attendance53 (#x2_x_2_i5)

III. THE CURRICULUM OF THE RURAL SCHOOL

The Scope of the Rural School Curriculum

1. The modern demand for a broader education57 (#x2_pgepubid00024)

2. The meagerness of the rural school curriculum58 (#x2_x_2_i23)

3. The rural child requires full elementary and high school course60 (#x2_x_2_i27)

4. Disadvantages of sending rural child to town school60 (#x2_x_2_i27)

5. Necessary reorganization in rural school offering broadened curriculum62 (#x2_x_2_i30)

6. General nature of the new curriculum62 (#x2_x_2_i30)

The Rural Elementary School Curriculum

1. Relation of the curriculum to social standards and ideals64 (#x2_x_2_i35)

2. The mother tongue65 (#x2_x_2_i37)

3. Necessity for its mastery65 (#x2_x_2_i37)

4. Learning the mechanics of the language66 (#x2_x_2_i40)

5. Developing the art of expression, oral and written67 (#x2_x_2_i42)

6. Creation of love for reading67 (#x2_x_2_i42)

7. Formal grammar out of place in the elementary school 68 (#x2_x_2_i44)

8. Number69 (#x2_x_2_i46)

9. The prominent place occupied by arithmetic69 (#x2_x_2_i46)

10. Importance of development of the number concept69 (#x2_x_2_i46)

11. An undue proportion of time devoted to arithmetic70 (#x2_x_2_i48)

12. Desirable changes in the teaching of arithmetic71 (#x2_x_2_i49)

13. History and civics71 (#x2_x_2_i49)

14. The right and duty of every person to know the history and government of his country72 (#x2_x_2_i51)

2. History not to deal chiefly with war and politics, but to emphasize the

social and industrial side72 (#x2_x_2_i51)

3. The library of historical books73 (#x2_x_2_i52)

4. Functional versus analytical civics73 (#x2_x_2_i52)

5. Geography and nature study74 (#x2_x_2_i55)