Radio Script Catalog. Fifth Edition. By Gertrude G. Broderick. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. 109 p. 25 cents. Lists approximately 1,100 annotated radio scripts which are available on free loan from the Radio Script and Transcription Exchange of the U. S. Office of Education. The Exchange assists groups studying radio writing, speaking, acting, sound effects, and program production over the facilities of radio stations or over sound systems, as well as in other phases of radio work. Statistics of State School Systems, 1943-44. By David T. Blose, under the direction of Emery M. Foster. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. 78 p. (Chapter II, Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, 1942-44.) 20 cents. Data on State and local boards of education, personnel of State offices and local school systems, pupils, instructional staff, transportation of pupils, public-school finance, and schools for Negroes. New Publications of Other Agencies FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY National Commission Points the Way. By Cornelia Goodhue, Division of Reports. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1947. (In The Child, vol. 11, No. 7, January 1947, p. 115–118, published by the Division of Reports, Children's Bureau). Single copies 10 cents; annual subscription, $1.00. An account of the meeting of the National Commission on Children and Youth in Washington, December 9-10, 1946. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Living and Forest Lands. Prepared by the Division of Information and Education, Forest Service. Orders for the publications listed on this page should be addressed as follows: Requests for cost publications should be sent to the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C., enclosing remittance (check or money order) at the time of ordering. Free publications should be ordered directly from the agency issuing them. terested in the social and economic aspects of forests and forestry. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE State Government Finances in 1945, vol. 1. Prepared in the Bureau of the Census. Washington, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, 1946. Processed. Free from the Bureau of the Census. The summaries of receipts and expenditures of each State Government are covered in separate pamphlets. The data have been issued to date for the following States: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Aids in Counseling. List of publications selected by an interdepartmental committee for their usefulness in counseling, especially with regard to employment and occupations. State Child-Labor Standards. By Lucy Manning and Norene Diamond, Division of Labor Standards. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Child-Labor Series No. 2.) 182 p. Free from Division of Labor Standards as long as limited supply lasts. A State-by-State summary of laws affecting the employment of minors under 18 years of age. Washington, U. S. Government Print- Training for Jobs for Women and ing Office, 1940. (Miscellaneous Publication No. 388) 45 p. Free from U. S. Forest Service. Prepared as a guide for study groups inVolume 29, No. 7 Girls . . . Working ... Looking for Work. Prepared by the Women's Bureau in collaboration with the U. S. Office of Education. U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1947 Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Leaflet No. 1-1947.) 8-page folder. Single copies free from Women's Bureau; 100 copies at $1.50 from Superintendent of Documents. Outlines instructional opportunities available to girls and women who may wish to prepare for a job or to improve their competence on the present job. DEPARTMENT OF STATE International Control of Atomic Energy. Prepared in the office of Bernard M. Baruch. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Publication 2661; United States and the United Nation Reports Series, 5.) 195 p. 30 cents. Scientific information transmitted to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946-October 14, 1946, with the object of providing a reasonable understanding of the problems. International Trade OrganizationHow Will It Work? Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. (Publication 2597; Foreign Affairs Outlines, Building the Peace, No. 7) 8 p. Free from the Division of Publications. Presents brief arguments to show advantages of reducing trade barriers and of eliminating restrictions on international trade by private business groups. Building a New World Economy. Washington, U. S. Government Printing Office, 1946. 10 p. Free from the Division of Publications. Outlines in brief form the various problems involved in working out a sound economy for world trade. THEMES ANNOUNCED THE SCHOOLS Are Yours is the theme for American Education Week which has been set for November 9-15, 1947. Daily topics beginning with Sunday, November 9, are: Securing the Peace, Meeting the Emergency in Education, Building America's Future, Strengthening the Teaching Profession, Supporting Adequate Education, Enriching Home and Community Life, and Promoting Health and Safety. Sponsors of American Education Week are the National Education Association, the American Legion, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the U. S. Office of Education. 31 grams, provided for under the Smith OFFICE OF EDUCATION REPORT Hughes and George Deen Acts, but also A brief review of elementary and secondary education, covered in the annual report of the U. S. Office of Education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1946, appeared in the April issue of SCHOOL LIFE. A review of the remainder of the report1 follows: Vocational Education In addition to administering the federally aided program of vocational education, during the fiscal year the Vocational Division engaged in the following major activities: (1) Closing-out of wartime interests and activities; (2) salvaging useful assets from joint State-U. S. Office of Education war-training programs; (3) assisting the States to accomplish objectives set forth in "Vocational Education in the Years Ahead.” According to the report, after passage of the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (Public Law 346), the Veterans' Administration considered that the existing State facilities of the Office of Education's Agricultural Education Service should be fully utilized along with those of the Veterans' Administration to care for veterans who expected to farm. Accordingly, uni 1 Copy of the full report may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington 25, D. C. Price per copy, 25 cents. Title of the bulletin is Annual Report of the Federal Security Agency, Section 2, U. S. Office of Education, 1946. form policies for veterans were worked out in a series of conferences. To aid the States in making adjustment from wartime to peacetime business education programs, the States were given assistance in rebuilding supervisory staffs, expanding teacher training, laying out long-term occupational training programs, developing bases for cooperation with trade, professional, and educational associations, and in planning cooperative research programs. Research activities of the Business Education Service, according to the report, included a series of job analyses made in cooperation with the personnel group of the National Retail Dry Goods Association and the education committee of the National Restaurant Association to lay the foundation for cooperative part-time retailing classes. A staff member in Home Economics Education served as school lunch consultant for the Southern States Work Conference; participated in the school lunch supervisors' and managers' workshop at Teachers College, Columbia University; and helped prepare, for the Surplus Property Board, lists of equipment for school lunches. The report indicates that, throughout the war, the State boards for vocational education were advised by the Trade and Industrial Education Service not merely to continue their regular pro to maintain high standards. Among contributions made by the war programs to the regular trade and industrial education program are development of more effective teaching methods and establishment of trade edu cation on a much firmer footing. Assistance to State boards, appearance on State and national fire-training programs, preparation of instructional materials and work with such organizations as the American Municipal Association and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to improve employee efficiency were among activities of the Public Service Training Consultant. Through field visits, correspondence, and conferences, the Occupational Information and Guidance Service contributes to the States in their school guidance responsibility. At a national conference of State supervisors held in Denver, Colo., 50 State supervisors, counselors, trainers, and school officials from 33 States considered problems of programming and administration. Higher Education The report describes the unparalleled pressure for college service and the serious shortages of qualified college teachers, college housing, and plant facilities. To help meet the increasing need for qualified teachers, the Office prepared and disseminated materials related to placement, recruitment, certification, (Turn to page 9) School Life Published monthly except August and September Federal Security Administrator-----WATSON B. MILLER U.S. Commissioner of Education_-_JOHN W. STUDEBAKER Purpose The Congress of the United States established the United States Office of Education in 1867 to "collect such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories;" to "diffuse such information as shall aid in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems;" and to "otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country." SCHOOL LIFE serves toward carrying out these purposes. Its printing is approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget. THE CHANGING TRENDS IN THE TEACHER SHORTAGE by Benjamin W. Frazier, Specialist for Teacher Education HE TEACHER SHORTAGE, after increasing steadily throughout the war, has continued almost undiminished into the second year of the postwar period. Most observers expect it to continue in various subjects, grade levels, and geographical areas. In the elementary schools, where approximately two-thirds of all public school teachers are employed, a critical shortage will probably continue for at least 2 years, according to a report by Goetch of the National Institutional Teacher Placement Association. It is expected that the shortage will be felt also in most vocational and special high school subjects during the school year 1947- Unless greater financial support Extent of Shortage Indicated Probably the best usable measure of the extent of the shortage is the number of teachers who cannot meet the legal requirements for regular teachers' certificates; that is, the number who hold emergency permits or "certificates." The National Education Association has estimated, on a basis of State reports made near the beginning of the |