ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEM: as More Groups Concern Themselves, There Is a Greater Need for Proper Coordination

THE WORD "EDUCATION" is a busy one these days. Until quite recently, direct interest in what was happening to education was limited largely to PTA's and a few other categories of society. The business executive, for example, unless he was serving on a school board or the board of trustees of some college or university, seldom concerned himself with educational matters. The educator, ignored or forgotten in the past, now, however, is the center of explosive attention—perhaps sometimes to the point of being somewhat bewildering. What has brought about this transition—from almost complete indifference on the part of the general public to intense anxiety regarding what is now frequently described as a major crisis? The reasons are varied. As of today, however, they are of relatively little importance. The encouraging thing is that the public now is aroused and is demanding immediate action. It is a matter of mere coincidence that on the same ...