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ADVANCING
EDUCATION
IN KENTUCKY

Challenges — Processes — Outcomes

1956 — 1957 — 1958 — 1959

Published by

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ROBERT R. MARTIN

superintendent of Public Instruction
Frankfort, Kentucky

 

 

 

 

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FOREWORD

Never in the history of the Commonwealth of Kentucky has there
been a more suitable climate for the advancement of public education
than the years of 1956 to 1960.

As early as 1850 the distinguished Robert Jefferson Breckenridge,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction (1847—55), condemned the
per capita approach to state support for public education. All of the
weaknesses of this method of state support finally crystallized in the
early 1950’s, and the citizens of the Commonwealth, with effective
leadership from the teaching profession and lay organizations interested
inthe welfare of children, made possible the enactment of the Founda-
tIOIl Program Law by the General Assembly of 1954. The information
and understandings gained through the united efforts exerted in
anending Section 186 of the Kentucky Constitution by the voters in
1903 created the necessary back-drop for the enactment of the Founda-
11011 l’l‘Ogram Law, and this same information and understanding
practically assured the appropriation of necessary additional funds for
Implementation of the law by the General Assembly of 1956.

Great was the Opportunity and even greater were the challenges
tend§§ililt0§terfl-the newly. elected incumbent in the office of Superin-
Dr R b u 10 Instruction as the oath of office was administered to

- o ert R. Martin on that cold but bright day on January 2, 1956.

116662le :tfetw days later the General Assembly began enacting the

implemehtatf ute: and appropriating the necessary funds for the

responsibilition f0 Kentucky-s Foundation Program Law. Tremendous

PUblic Instrfst' 0r leadership on the part of the Superintendent of

Very earliestcéon were placed clearly upon his shoulders, and the

renaissem _ ays‘ Of 1956 presented golden opportunities for a
ee in public education in old Kentucky.

“13:33:36 fiffOIts and many unheralded educational leaders
eOppomnitigsealSdPr€Ced1ng 1956 contributed to the creation of
nosingleindi 'd an Challenges of the years 1956-1960. Certainly,

V1 1131 deserves to be eulogized as the sole leader responsi-

e or re ' ‘
history 3f gress in education during this PartiCUIar brief span in the
the Commonwealth.

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persons happen to be at a certain place at a certain time flfldlfll
certain situation. Dr. Robert R. Martin happened to be Superintendezt,‘
of Public Instruction during the years 1956-60. This educaiiarll
bulletin is a review of his administration, designed for general inform:-
tional, educational and historical purposes. l

 
 
 

In order to provide desirable objectivity to the preparation?
this bulletin, Dr. R E Jaggers, Professor of Education, Eaitn
Kentucky State College, who is also a former distinguished members?
the staff of the Department of Education and eminently qualified:
prepaie, evaluate and edit the material from the various contribute?"
to this bulletin, was chosen to compile and edit the bulletin Follmnt
is an introduction in which D1. Iaggers relates the manner 1nwh1chl1
bulletin was prepared.

 

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Assistant Superintendent
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INTRODUCTION

The place to start in telling the story of a four—year period in the
history of education in Kentucky is to find out what goals the leader
of that period was seeking, what he did as a leader to move toward
the achievement of those goals, and how much advancement was made
toward the goals.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction was the Chief State
School Officer to whom the Legislature in 1956 assigned the leadership
task of implementing the Foundation Program Law. His was the duty
of recommending regulations to be adopted by the State Board of
Education for the administration of the Law. He and his professional
staff went to work toward implementation.

The major goal was to advance education in Kentucky on all fronts.
Hie found and involved other people—lay and professional, in advancing
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(ucation on all fronts. Considerable progress was made.

The story is presented in three parts: Part I presents addresses and
a??? from addresses made by the Superintendent of Public Instruc-
le 01‘6 groups across the State as he kept the goals before the
31:12:13“ the challenge. of these goals; Part II describes the instru-
itself m: Irlsfi 1(r11'advanc1ng education, namely, the Foundation Law
te advanc: a e Instruments; and Part III gives brief descriptions of
ment made through the action of bureau heads, division

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1mm”, and supervrsory staffs. The story departs from the State
eve] 0f action. '

circufilrl: Euglclation is based on printed bulletins, mimeographed
and addl'eslgeslaf rlgports and summaries prepared by staff members,
eitor of t1' 0 .r. Martin. It was solely the responsibility of the

us publication to Choose the materials to be included and

*0 \vrite th
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these materials , advancement as revealed and supported by

R. E. Jagger‘s
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT [

Appointment to membership on the State Board of Educahl
traditionally has been considered as a distinct honor in the Common.
wealth of Kentucky. The various lay citizens serving on the statutory
seven—member Board during the years 1956—60 have, indeed, kepttlfi
tradition and rendered an outstanding and unselfish service to the
cause of advancing education in Kentucky. The State Board of Blue l
tion played a most prominent role in making possible the progfiiil
attained during this administration. Possibly no other state boardt‘w
education in the history of the Commonwealth has served the people
of Kentucky more adequately.

The following distinguished citizens served as members 0W?
State Board of Education during the years 1956—60 inclusive:
Dr. Robert R. Martin, Chairman, Frankfort
Mrs. Francele H. Armstrong, Henderson
Mr. Joe B. Bates, Greenup I
Mr. Guy Billington, Murray
Mr. Glenn Doran, Murray
Mr. William C. Embry (deceased), Louisville
Mr. H. D. Fitzpatrick, In, Prestonsburg
Mr. Ralph Fontaine, Shepherdsville
Mrs. J. E. Hernandez, Lexington
Mr. Henry E. Pogue, J11, Ft. Thomas
Mr. Alfred C. Powell, Lexington
Mr. ]. V. Vittitow, Owensboro
Mrs. John H. Walls, Louisville t
Mr. Frank Wilson, Bardstown

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ADVANCING EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY ll

THE CHALLENGE

The Challenge?

“I wanted to advance education in Kentucky on all ‘ , ‘
fronts; I wanted to do this through the Foundation Program a: ’ l : 1
Law; and I wanted as many people as possible involved in '
Order that the results might be more enduring.”

Robert R. Martin
Interview

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ADVANCING EDUCATION IN KENTUCKY ,

THE CHALLENGE

The addresses and excerpts from addresses which constitutet‘ns ‘
first part of this publication show that Superintendent Robert
Martin had a deep conviction that education should advance andcot‘l
advance on all fronts at an accelerated pace. He believed thattls
Foundation Law when amended was the best hope to advance edue
tion on all fronts. His addresses show that the Challenge must belepfi '
alive in all areas of the state, among the members of the teachingr
profession, among people at the local level, and among people M?
state level.

Superintendent Martin moved across the state to meeting 3391
meeting with both professional and lay groups. To all gl‘OuP'ShEkfF:
the Challenge alive by reminding them over and over agaulVOH“
needs and of the steps being taken to meet these needs. Dunn‘gh;1
first year (1956) the emphasis was placed in his addresses up01tmli‘d'
preting the Foundation Program and pointing out the promlselthfi
for better education for boys and girls at every level in Kenmclhgj
schools. During his second year (1957) his messages kept ”Pt;
Challenge to be loyal and honest with the Foundation Progrzfm- H
began evaluating the program and identifying new needs 'thC. in,
emerged as the program was implemented. Sputnik and its mph”!DJ [
for education demanded an evaluation and forced educators todeeiti
the values in the State’s program. Greater emphasis UPOHqumn"
education became more important. In the third year (1958) thedpa 00’
of implementing the Foundation Program had crystalliz‘ed: an am,
at new horizons for education emerged. He shared his dreflénsm E;
us. Now let us stop and read what the superintendent 531
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“OUR CHALLENGE AND OPPORTUNITY”*

1am honored to have this time to talk to you today about the
great opportunity and challenge which faces education in Kentucky.

Friday, April 6, 1956, will forever be a banner day for education.
Last Friday at 8:35, Marvin Dodson, members of the staff of the
Department of Education, other school people and I witnessed perhaps
the greatest single event in the history of public education in this State
when Governor Chandler signed the Biennial Budget just enacted by
the General Assembly.

Ihave full confidence that at this Fourth extraordinary Session of
the 1956 General Assembly revenue measures sufficient to finance
the budget will be enacted. You as members of the K.E.A., and I as
Superintendent of Public Instruction are fully committed to support
the necessary revenue measures.

PROVISIONS OF BIENNIAL BUDGET
The Biennial Budget provides for:

vi" 1- A fully-financed Foundation Program including the $80 pro-
mo and a provrsion that no district will receive less than it received

igegzéigéaéggt year. The appropriation was increased by $20,000,000

2, ' . . .
An increased appropriation for the Department of Education

lIl Order . .
tion that we may prov1de the servrces needed to improve educa—

3- Substantial] ' - ' - - -
y increased amro riations for the Unrversr of
Kentucky and the State Colleges H P W

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in full tfigfafiplopllation that is sufficient, for the first time, to match
5 BC eral appropriation for vocational rehabilitation.
_ An . . '
appIOpriatlon to fully implement our new Teachers’ Retire-

ment L . .
aw. An appropriation of $640,000 for prior service and an

appropriation to mat '
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0547000000 and $413009 01:) . eachers contributions. An appropriation

6- Medic

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S 0r a new medical school at the University of Ken-

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tucky, an increased appropriation for the School of Medicine, Univer-
sity of Louisville and continued appropriation for Southern Regional :
Education. \

The General Assembly has done its part. I am convinced thatmore l
good school legislation was enacted by the 1956 General Assemblythn f
has been enacted by any General Assembly since the school codewn .
developed in 1934. There were twenty—one separate bills, ten section
of the Reorganization Bill and seven resolutions enacted which affect \
education. With two exceptions, I wholeheartedly endorse this legisla' ’
tion. Even in the case of the two measures, I take no excepfionto ‘
the motive which inspired the measures. Their purposes, however .'
can be better accomplished in another way. There were, 011 the other V
hand, forty to fifty measures which were positively detrimental to edu- ;
cation which were wisely ignored by the Legislature.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS

The highlights of the Legislative Sessions were:

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1. The amended Foundation Program Law is a vastly lum‘e“
measure over the one adopted two years ago.

2. The proposed constitutional amendment will make possibleth? ‘
development of a professional Department of Education.

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8. The Governor’s Conference on Education puts Kentucky “If“ ,
forefront of states which are periodically studying educatwfl I

problems.

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4. The amended annexation law will protect the interest“)f

various school districts and will allay numerous disputes-
. 'denb‘
5. The removal of maximum limits on the salarles ththf Pris; or I
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0f the University and the State Colleges, as well as 0 through“ 1

superintendents, will provide better educational leadership .
the Commonwealth.

6. The Reorganization Act gave to the Superintendentlor
Instruction and the State Board of Education the authoflt)
organize the Department of Education.

7. The Council on Public Higher Education was me
being given a full-time staff and the functions associated W
Regional Education and Medical Education. difficul-

8. Gerrymandering of school districts was m21 ore flit-to? l.
and, for the first time, provisions were adopted to pro ’
financial interest. I

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Today is the day of education’s greatest opportunity; it also is the
day of its greatest challenge. With the financing of the Foundation
Program along with enactment of our legislative program, the responsi-
bility for implementation has passed to our hands. Our political
leaders realize this—you and I must accept the challenge. Governor
Chandler has said and repeated in essence many times, “I hope to
improve our system of education, for the pursuit of knowledge should
be the ambition of every Kentuckian. The opportunity to acquire
knowledge must be full and adequate and available to all of those who
would and should pursue it.

“A heavy responsibility will be laid upon those persons Charged
with disseminating knowledge to young Kentuckians. We will furnish
the tools—they must do the job.

“I am certain the people of Kentucky are prepared to assume the
cost of the tools. I am equally certain they will demand that the tools
he used wisely, vigorously, and energetically.”

THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
ACCEPTS THE CHALLENGE

The staff of the Department of Education has accepted the chal—

ilelngei The full resources of the staff have been marshalled for the task
ieat.

Major accomplishments:

1' 0“ January 2 a thorough, functional reorganization of the

It mZZETlltleglthslzpnounced.‘ It was no mere reshuffling of divisions.

meant the ex 311135106 rigiouping of functions according to purpose: It

Our functiogal Bn 0 se1v1ces. The Department was reorganized into

lOCational IEdmmilgreaus, Administration and Finance, Instruction,
11 and Vocational Rehabilitation.

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5611:: e1:)hnmistration and Finance all administrative and financial
mnsportation glrgoulpled into these diVisions: School Finance, Pupil
and Re ort ) m ings and Grounds, Property Utilization, Records
P 5, Free Textbooks, and School Lunch'
Under Instruct
and Certification,
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ion were placed the divisions of Teacher Education
Education of Exceptional Children, and a new com-
Instructional Services.

We cont' - .
UCatiOn Iglued in Vocational Education its divisions of Agricultural

Trade and Indome' Economics Education, Education for Veterans,
uStrial and Distributive Education.

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In a new Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation were placed the
former Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the School for the Blind
and the Kentucky Industries for the Blind.

In our Division of Departmental Finance and Services, directly ‘
responsible to the Assistant Superintendent of Public Inst1uction,we [
have consolidated the budgeting, purchasing, personnel and service
functions of the Department.

 

l. I can say that my campaign commitment to reorganize, re l
vitalize and strengthen the Department of Education has been met. 1-
therefore, renew my commitment in order that these objectives may be
before me throughout my administration.

2. Working in a cooperative manner with the State Administra-
tion, the General Assembly, the State Board Of Education, the Kentueh‘
Education Association, the institutions of higher learning, the Kentucll
School Boards Association, and the Congress of Parents and Teachersy
we in the Department of Education are justifiably proud of our W
in securing the enactment of a sound legislative program and 9

approval of the budget.

3. The necessary planning is being done to implement in?
Foundation Program. Criteria for the special units have 139:“ .
developed cooperatively, carefully reviewed and apprOVed by the Sta]:
Board of Education. Four two—day workshops are planned (lufmgtlln ’
first two weeks of May—April 30—May 10—t0 explain the admimstla 10
of the Program. ‘

BIG PLANS F OR THE FUTURE

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Someone has said, “Make no little planS; they have [nodmaglc
stir men’s blood and probably themselves will not be realize ‘. M ‘
“Make big plans, aim high in hope and work, Iremelilbegliirfigg l
a noble, logical diagram once recorded will be a livmg thing i ,
itself with evergrowing insistency.”

We have made big plans for the future.

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1. Our new budget will permit us to expand oul serVICe l

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(a) Expanding our Division of Instructional SelvlCe

to provide:
(1) A supervisor of Music Education ‘5
(2) A supervisor of Art Education

(3) A supervisor of Curriculum DeVelOPment

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(b) Establishing a Division of Guidance
(0) Expanding our auditing service in the Division of Finance
to eight accounting supervisors to make possible a com-

plete audit of average daily attendance records, financial
records and to begin auditing internal account records.

(d) Expanding our Rehabilitation Bureau with the additional
personnel necessary to help prepare and adjust persons
whose vocational opportunities are limited by reason of
serious impairment or disability.

(6) Developing of a Division of Records and Reports to collect
statistical data for the Department. A major function will
be the coordination of records and reports to prevent
duplication.

(f) Expanding the supervisory services in agricultural and
Home Economics Education by the employment of addi-
tional supervisors.

(g) Employment of an additional engineer in the Division of
Buildings and Grounds and the employment ultimately of
a supervisor to work with maintenance problems.

(h) Personnel to expand supervision of the lunch program.

(0 Employment of an additional supervisor to expand our
program for the Education of Exceptional Children.

(j) As the Department expands, we will need to expand our

staff in the Division of Departmental Finance and
Services.

(k) We are considering a cooperative plan with the colleges to
expand our In-service training progr am.

tranj'atirgfleoiegllthig task that faces all of us in the profession is the
0V8 and girls Olfethlnancral support 1nto services and facilities for the
hints throu h t] 61; State. :I‘he State is saying to the local school dis—
minimallevglofle. 'oundatron l’rogram that if they will provide a
of their districtssenélces- and facrlities for the education of the children
then the Stat 2.111 w1ll make a reasonable effort to meet the cost,

e W111 pay the remainder. It is a partnership, but one

ased on s ' ‘
we are Iegvrces. No serVICes—no obligation on the State’s part. Here
ma mg our biggest plans.

(a)

We shall undertake the evaluation of the total educational
program In each school district. Inspection of high schools

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is completely outmoded. We are confident that we have
done the most thorough inspection this year that we have
ever done—more than 800 high schools have been visited
and about 250 of these since January l—but we are ready '
for a new approach. !

Next year we want to develop teams for a thorough ‘
look at the total program. In the Department of Educa.
tion all of our divisions will be utilized but most especially
the Bureaus of Instruction and Vocational Education.
We want superintendents and classroom teachers and all
the resources of the University and the State Colleges used L
in this extremely important undertaking.

 

(b) We must constantly study our program to strengthen it.
The State Senate very wisely has adopted a resolution ,
directing the Legislative Research Commission to study
the common school system to see that Foundation Pro
gram requirements are being met. I endorse that stod)’
and pledge the assistance of the Department of Educatlon.

(0) Further reorganization of our school districts and atten-
dance centers is urgent. I am delighted that in tllelflil
three months three small independent school districts have
seen that their advancement would be enhanced llthel
become a part of the county unit. The services 9f 9
Department will always be available for assistlng H1 9
cooperative merger of school districts. Many of our so 00‘
centers are too small to provide efficient, II10d6mP7Ig1
grams. There were last year 2,093 one-teacher schools, ,
two to four teacher schools. Some of these are 119065521;
I hope that during these next four years all of 1316156“
appear, except the ones isolated by distance and BC
roads.

8. We have advanced this far because we sat down llllshmlll:
public and studied the plight of our schools. As a result of thls ”e.“
the citizens became concerned. This Fall, as a result of the hlqwe
of Governor Chandler, and the approval of the General Assern 1’ 0
shall hold the first Annual Governor’s Conference 0“ Educahlhihom
this Conference will be invited 800 citizens, not more than 1031 0cation
may be professional educators. This periodic study 0f 6 11
problems will undoubtedly advance education.

4. At the special meeting of the State Board Of

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March 27 there was established an Advisory Council on Public Educa-
tion of Kentucky to make available to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, the State Board of Education and the Department of
Education the counsel and regular assistance of the Superintendents
of the local school districts.

5. The school housing situation in Kentucky is thoroughly de-
plorable. Under the Foundation Program, the State of Kentucky, for
the first time, is giving financial aid for capital outlay for elementary
and secondary schools, but the amount is thoroughly inadequate to
meet the tremendous need.

The second phase of the School Facilities survey has documented
that by 1959-60 we will need $850,000,000 for schoolhouse construction
in Kentucky. Yesterday, at our meeting of the Advisory Council on
Public Education of Kentucky a committee was established to begin
work on a proposed bond issue for schoolhouse construction.

6. The spirit of cooperation and mutual help between the Ken—
tucky Education Association and the Department of Education is at
an all-time high. It has been a real pleasure for us to work with your
Presfllent, Mr. Oakley, and your Executive Secretary, Mr. Dodson.
ThllWhave been vigilant and effective in advancing education. Part of
:Véhfesltrlllg pf cooperation has been the result of our new policy to
anOlvedi tlefKentucky Education Association, but not to become
llecessar 1:51p essronal politics. To implement this policy, it has been
sect' y 21- several of our staff members resign from positions in

10113 Or (lIVISIOIlS of the K. E. A. We believe this is right. Our

serv' '
th roles are always available, but involvement makes us subject to
e c arge of interference.

BIG PLANS IN THE CLASSROOMS

Th .

e ducatizflelalre our plans in the Department of Education, but the

Departmea t10b cannot-be done in Frankfort. It cannot be done by the
H Of Education and money is only one of the answers.

Education
can on] ' - '
Mess Kentuck y be improved in the thousands of classrooms

ClaSSroomg W y’ by the thousands of individual teachers in these
been placed . e have only one year to justify the great hope that has
so 001 year ién the F01llldiation Program. On May 28, 1957, before the
held and th COmPlCtEd 1n many districts, the primary election will be

been detennfilecgmpleXien of the 1958 General Assembly will have
stewardship ' We W111 be called upon to give an accounting of our

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Education as usual is out—because education as usual has been ‘
failure in Kentucky. Alibis and excuses will be completely unworthyol '
a great profession as will be the individuals who attempt to escaft ‘-
blame by using them.

PLEDGE AND COMMITMENT

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May I leave with you this solemn pledge and commitment? Will ‘
you take it as your pledge and commitment?

“Realizing that the very future of public education in Kentucl)‘ ‘
depends on the devoted and consecrated effort of every personinthe
teaching profession in bringing to realization the beautiful dream of
the Foundation Program, I pledge that I will, in whatever capacity
I find myself, work to the utmost of my ability in helping to achieve
that goal.” '

Make big plans. Make them now. The challenge and the oppot
tunity are yours.

   
 
 
  

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erupt to escape

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itiful dream of
atever capacit)‘

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TEACHERS AND CLASSROOMS*

Teachers are the necessary component for education. The handi-
cap of inadequate facilities may be alleviated or overcome. Inadequate
teachers doom children to an inadequate education. What can be
accomplished with trained teachers has been described by our own
Jesse Stuart, distinguished author who has returned to the Kentucky
classroom as principal this fall. Mr. Stuart, who will serve as our toast-

master at the Governor’s Banquet tonight, wrote in his A Thread That
Runs So True,

“I thought if every teacher in every school in America could so
inspire his pupils with all the power he had, if he could teach
them as they had never been taught before to live, to work,
to play, and to share, if he could put ambition in their brains
and hearts, that would be a great way to make a generation
of the greatest citizenry America had ever had. All of this had
to begin with the little unit. Each teacher had to do his share.”

. What do we know about the teachers in Kentucky schools this fall?
3118 too early to know all of the statistics, but we do know some of
3T:Illevl:efn0v1:'we have more teachers. They are better trained. There
Stayed inr Keac inkg under emergency permits. More Kentucky teachers
lucky teaChentu'c y to teach in Kentucky schools. We had more Ken-
Vantage of Stir: 1% summer" schools last summer. More are taking ad-
before, Theira 11; ay, evening and extension classes this fall than ever
are losin Ke 5:1 inkles are more adequate than ever before. But we still
year 97lgt n uc y teachers from the profession to other states. Last
eachers left Kentucky for employment in other states.

W
eavalljlgdo ye have a teacher shortage in Kentucky? There seems to
general Fty 0 reasons. First, there is a shortage of trained personnel in
' mm at below normal manpower pool we are attempting to

TECruit Service . .
{“Varbabies.” PGISOHnel for a general population swelled by the

Second .
great War ; :dgeneral national preoccupation with the depression, the
attentmn 0n POST-war adjustments has made it difficult to focus
a realistic consideration of educational needs. Only in

recent years h _
Public, as education gained the widespread concern of the

FIOm the K
ference oeymte address by RObert R. Martin at the Governor’s Annual Con-
n Edllcation, October 3, 1956.

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Third, although Kentucky educates 2,000 qualified teachers each
year we had been keeping less than half of these to teach in Kennels ’
schools. We are glad to note that 63 percent of last year’s graduatesare l
teaching in Kentucky schools this fall.

Fourth, the financing of the Foundation Program makes possible
2,000 additional teaching positions seriously needed to take careol'
the increasing school population and to provide a reasonable teacher-t
pupil ratio.

What can we do to secure and hold a sufficient number of trained
teachers in Kentucky? These ideas may be in order.

 

First, continue to develop professional standards. All evidence{
points to the fact that where professi