Survey Points To Child Home Responsibility
Wilmette public schools surveyed 700 households about home duties for children aged 10 to 14. Results show 78 percent help with dishes, 66 percent make beds, 60 percent mow and tend yards, 37 percent care for a dog, and 25 percent help with younger siblings, with many other tasks noted at lower rates. The report argues that true home responsibility shapes character and school behavior, urging parents and teachers to analyze the home setup.
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Wilmette
Our Interesting Science Room Projects
The report describes a classroom focused on rocks minerals birds plants and terrariums. Students keep notebooks draw pictures and build charts while display cases aquariums moth cocoons and branches in water enrich the space.
Relationship of school funding to per child education costs
The article states the average education program costs $74.30 per pupil nationally. Illinois would need $4,453 assessed valuation per child plus $7.50 from the state distributing fund to achieve a $66.80 average educational fund. Cook county asks how it compares among rich counties as 1927 funding stood at $5,437 per child versus $4,822 in 1937. It notes 171 districts in the state have less than the state average.
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United States
Illinois
Cook County
Board of Education
Student Aid Fund Supports Logan Howard Highcrest Students
The Parent Teacher Associations sponsor a student aid fund for three talented art students sent to Evanston Academy of Fine Arts, a pupil receiving piano and another violin lessons, fifteen undernourished children get cod liver oil, glasses, clothing, and minor medical needs are addressed by Mrs Stopka the school nurse.
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Logan, Howard and
Highcrest
Academy of Fine Arts
Evanston
Cook County Faces Low Education Funds Per Child
The article notes that many families cannot provide an average education even with high taxes. It highlights a 21 percent rise in average daily attendance for elementary and high schools. State funds reaching boards average well below typical figures, with Cook County studies showing only about 7.5 dollars per pupil after deductions. Some townships report less than a dollar per child. The piece questions whether this is temporary and if conditions will improve.
Radio stories bring musical plays for children
Beginning March 12 Ireene Wicker returns with Musical Plays on WCFL Sundays at noon. The NBC sustaining feature offers a wide lineup of programs for children across stations WCEFL WJJD WENR WLS WBBM WMAQ and WCFL with tales songs and educational features aimed at entertaining and educating young listeners.
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Ireene Wicker
Chicago
NBC
WCFL
WCEFL
Derik
WJJD
O’brien
Masterman Ready
Marryata
Cedric
the Forester
Marshall
Wenr
Malcolm Claire
WLS
WBBM
Billy Butter
Berta
Elmer Haden
Charles J. Finger
Wendang
Long Claw
Jessica
WMAQ
Chimney House
Mendelssohn
Liszt
Brahms
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Johnny
Mary
Polly
Pat
New Horizons
Empire of the Feathered Serpent
Chicagoland
Capitols
F. M. Suttle
Logan-Howard P.T.A
B. L. Mitchell
Central-Laurel P.T.A
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