Remarks by United States Commissioner of Education Earl James McGrath
Images (6)
Document
| id |
id
73984546
|
|---|---|
| contentType |
contentType
document
|
| source |
source
import
|
Source image fields (6)
Extracted text
OCR Page 1 of 6RECORDING *
1. We have talked to you before, Dr. McGrath, about some aspects
of the program of teacher exchange but a good bit has probably happened
in the meantime. Would you tell us about how many people have taken
part in this program up to the present time (people from abroad
to this country):
As you know, the Office of Education operates two types of
programs for the exchange of teachers between the United States and
other countries. One program permits teachers from this country to
teach in national schools abroad on one way assignments. These
opportunities are popularly referred to as exchanges. The other method
is a reciprocal interchange of teachers between the two countries.
The figures which I shall give you today will apply to the latter type
of teacher exchange. Under this arrangement 710 teachers have come
to this country. Another 157 will be in our schools during the 1952-53
school year which makes a total of 867.
2. How many Americans have gone abroad under this program?
An equal number of Americans, 867, have taught in schools abroad
under these exchange arrangements.
3. Has there been an increase in recent months of the number of
teachers exchanged?
An increase will be noticed at the beginning of this school
year. There has been a gradual increase in the number of teachers
exchanged each year since the interchange program was started with
Great Britain during 1946-47 when 74 exchanges were completed. The
* By Earl James McGrath, U. S.Commissioner of Education, Federal
Security Agency, Washington, D. C., on the Teacher Exchange Program
to be recorded for use in the Voice of America program, Dept. of
Interior, Washington, D. C., August 19, 1952.
Relations
belongs_to