School District Superintendent

By alicebowman75

  • Public Schools Established

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    13 Urban Districts Establish Superintendency

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    Large City School System Problems

    -Misuse of public funds
    -Inadequate facility management
    -Employment of unfit teachers

  • Most Major Cities Have Superintendents

  • Joseph Mayer Rice (scholar-physician)

    "The importance of the position cannot be overestimated"

  • Andrew Draper (President, University of Illinois)

    Urged school boards to delegate:
    -employment of teachers
    -supervision of instruction
    -management of finances

  • Charles Thwing (President, Western Reserve University)

    Superintendents were "rendering a service to the people far greater than that which any other citizen was rendering"