Read table as follows: In Alabama there were 15,800 teachers, principals, supervisors, and administrative officers in public elementary and secondary schools in 1926-27. In this State 15 institutions conduct summer schools. A complete report was obtained from all 15 of these institutions as to summer school enrollment in 1927. These 15 institutions reported a total summer school enrollment of 10,913. Of this total 8,883 were enrolled in teacher training or education courses. In Alabama the ratio of summer school enrollment in education courses to number of teachers in the State is 56.2 per cent. This per cent gives Alabama a rank of 2 in this regard. In interpreting the figures of this table it should be kept in mind that some States offer fewer and less attractive opportunities for summer-school work than others. Consequently many teachers attend summer schools outside the States of their service. This and other factors probably combine to give a few States a considerably higher rank than is deserved and correspondingly reduces the rank of others. Many teachers now gain their professional advance in extension courses during the regular year. This table takes no account of such work. Considered as a whole the table indicates a healthy desire on the part of teachers throughout the nation to improve their professional preparation. Membership in professional and technical organizations [From the Journal of the National Education Association, December, 1927-Prepared by the research division of the National Education Association] This table compares the membership in professional and technical organizations as indicated by the following: Per cent of physicians members of American Medical Association, per cent of lawyers members of American Bar Association, and per cent of teachers members of National Education Association. In the United States as a whole there are 148,644 physicians. Of this number 91,792, or 61.75 per cent, are members of the American Medical Association. Of the 123,162 lawyers in the United States 24,751, or 20.10 per cent are members of the American Bar Association. Of the 891,555 teachers in the United States 170,053, or 19.07 per cent, are members of the National Education Association. You may obtain the figures for your State by reading table as follows: Of the 2,284 physicians in Alabama, 1,612, or 70.57 per cent, are members of American Medical Association. This per cent gives Alabama a rank of 11 in this regard. Of the 1,416 lawyers in Alabama, 206, or 14.55 per cent, are members of American Bar Association. This per cent gives Alabama a rank of 45. Of the 15,800 teachers in Alabama, 1,142, or 7.23 per cent, are members of National Education Association. This per cent gives Alabama a rank of 44 in this regard. The figures for number of physicians and membership in American Medical Association were obtained through the courtesy of the American Medical Association. Figures as to number of lawyers are taken from the Federal Census of Occupations for 1920; they include lawyers, judges, and justices. Figures for years later than 1920 are not available. Membership in American Bar Association is taken from membership record of the American Bar Association. The figures as to number of teachers and membership in National Education Association are from The Journal of the National Education Association, April, 1927. Preserve you files of The Journal. These tables and many other original features can be had nowhere else. Teachers' salary trends and buying power [From the Journal of the National Education, January, 1928-prepared by the research division of the National Education Association] 1 Figures for territories not available for 1913, consequently the data given for territories are not complete. You can obtain the figures for your State as follows: In Colorado the average annual salary of teachers was $599 in 1913; $929 in 1920; and $1,296 in 1925. Due to the rapid loss in purchasing power of the dollar between 1913 and 1920, the 1920 average salary ($929) purchased the same as $446 bought in 1913. This amount ($446) is 74 per cent of, or 26 per cent less than, $599, the average salary in 1913. The 1925 average ($1,296) purchased the same as $738 bought in 1913. This amount ($738) is 123 per cent of $599, the average salary in 1913. Colorado ranked fourteenth among the States as to average salary of teachers in 1913, sixteenth in 1920, and sixteenth in 1925. In 1925 the average salary of Colorado teachers was 104 per cent of the average for the United States. In studying the table note that: First, in all States the average salary increased between 1913 and 1920 (compare columns 2 and 3); second, the buying power of 1920 salaries was less than that of 1913 in all States except Delaware and Wyoming (compare columns 5 and 6; also note column 9); third, between 1920 and 1925 salaries increased in every State in the Union (compare columns 3 and 4); fourth, the average salary in all States except California, Montana, and North Dakota was greater both in amount and in buying power in 1925 than in 1913 (compare columns 5 and 7; also note column 10); fifth, some States lost in rank even though their average salaries increased both in dollars and in purchasing power between 1913 and 1925, due to the fact that the gain in these States was less than that in most States; sixth, the States differ greatly in average salary; Mississippi's average in 1925 ($448) was 36 per cent of that of the United States ($1,252), while New York's average ($1,986) was 159 per cent of the Nation's average. Sources of data: Figures as to average salaries in columns 2, 3, and 4 are from bulletins of United States Bureau of Education. The index numbers used in calculating the figures of columns 5, 6, and 7, to adjust those of columns 2, 3, and 4 for changes in purchasing power of the dollar, are from Monthly Labor Review, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, February, 1927. In the calculations to correct for changes in purchasing power of the dollar, it is assumed that the changes in all States were the same, namely, that for the United States as a whole. Economic resources and school costs, by States, in 1926 [From the Journal of the National Education Association, February, 1928-Prepared by the research division of the National Education Association] United States. $367, 900, 000, 000 $89, 682, 000, 000 $24, 696, 192, 000 $6, 870, 000, 000 $6, 239, 860, 000 $2,020, 812, 685 0,55 2.25 8. 18 29.42 32.39 Connecticut. Delaware. District of Columbia.. Iowa.. Louisiana Maryland.. Montana. 3,495, 050, 000 699, 010, 000 2,538, 510,000 625, 430, 000 600, 869, 400 224, 205, 000 |