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Class instruction given over to the teacher. Supervision. Sketch of
development of a school system. The community slow to delegate school
control. Limits of authority and responsibility not clear. Statement
by a public educating association. What is a representative board of
education? The functions of a board of education. How a good board
gets the work done. Making the machine work smoothly. Report of
committee of superintendents. Obsolete administration system. Status
of superintendency varies. District control discarded system of school
administration. An effective substitute to be discovered. Dangers of
this period of adjustment. Organization under scientific principles.
Control of school work through tests. A study of the building needs of
a city. The errors of democracy. Exercises and readings.