What Improvements Can Be Made in Organization, Administration and Supervision in the Junior High School?

Abstract

1N THE TIME allotted for this presentation no exhaustive treatment of the topic is possible, so it shall be the purpose of the speaker to raise certain questions related thereto which may merit our consideration and which may serve as a basis for later discussion. The December 1951 issue of the Association BULLETIN featured a symposium on &dquo;Organizing the Junior High School.&dquo; Although this was written largely by California administrators, inclusion of the study of trends in junior high school practices in twenty-four states by A. H. Lauchner broadens its ccope considerably. May we assume that you have done your homework and are familiar with this publication and that in this symposium we have a common platform from which to proceed?To us, who are so immersed in the operation of junior high schools, discussions of whether or not they are meeting the needs for which they were originally intended seem quite academic. We shall assume then that we recognize that the junior high school has made a great contribution to the education of adolescents, that we have a common understanding of its objectives, organization, and administration, and that the statements made here are for the purpose of extending and clarifying our thinking regarding this institution to which we all subscribe. Pertinent questions raised for your consideration and discussion follow.