Education: N. C. E. E. B. A. S. S.

In Washington, a body called the National Commission on Economy and Efficiency of the Business Administration of School Systems was appointed by joint action of Secretaries Hoover of Commerce and Work of the Interior, and Dr. Frank W. Ballou of the National Education Association. What called this formidable-sounding organization into existence? Simply this: U. S. taxpayers, while believing in their public schools, are not altogether satisfied that education is run in a businesslike way. The nation's yearly two-billion-dollar public education bill is twice that of 1920, four times that of 1914.

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