Statement by Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath, Education's Opportunities Through the Mass Media
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OCR Page 1 of 16EDUCATION'S OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE MASS MEDIA*
My topic tonight is "Education's Opportunities through the
Mass Media.' Before discussing what lies ahead in the field of
educational radio-television, however, I should like to take a
moment to reflect on the meaning of what has already occurred.
The remarkable progress already made in adapting these mass media
to education, both formal and informal, is truly impressive in
view of the continuing crisis in the field of education. No
detailed review of this is needed on this occasion. It is enough
to point out that in our country today--a Nation which from the
beginning has been firmly dedicated to the idea of providing
education for all in accordance with their abilities and needs--
there are grave deficiencies in our schools which must be removed
if our people are to have an adequate education.
The most important of these weaknesses are (1) the dwindling
supply of adequately prepared teachers, and (2) the lack of
buildings to house the additional millions of children who appear
at the schoolhouse door every fall. In regard to the first point,
last September 160,000 new teachers were needed in the public
elementary and secondary schools of the Nation. The teacher
training institutions, however, in the previous June, graduated
* Read by Ward Stewart, Assistant Commissioner, for Earl James McGrath,
U. S. Commissioner of Education, Office of Education, Department of
Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D. C., at the National
Association of Educational Broadcasters General Session of the
Institute for Education by Radio-Television at the Deschler-Wallick
Hotel, Columbus, Ohio, Friday, April 17, 1953, 8:00 p.m. EST.
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