A Study of the Trends in the Level of Preparation and Placement of New Teachers in the White Public Schools of Tennessee From 1938-1939 through 1947-1948

(From the Introduction)

Equalization of educational opportunity was an ideal expressed by the founders of our nation. It is a principle that is fundamental in American education--a principle based upon the assumption that our democracy is best served by extending to all children an equal minimum opportunity to attend schools staffed with the best qualified teachers available. A denial of this principle is to defeat the basic purposes of American education as they were expressed by its founders and a they have been developed to meet the needs of our modern society.