To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas Page: 2
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with collective bargaiini~ power as the ramrod, the unions
have been able to force industry to pay a high scale of
wages, provide better living conditions, and to give secu-
rity of Job tenure to efficient workers. The high wages
aid to federal and state workers and to industrial workers
have tended to raise the general price level. The school
teachers, unorganiz d caught in the mill-stream between
low salaries, non-tenure in office and general Ihigh cost
of living, have left the profession in increasingly large
numbers .
The results speak for themselves, In a letter re-
leased by the Texs tate teacher's Association on May 15,
1946, the results of a survey of teacher personnel ii Texas
were given. From september, 1945, through iay, 1946, ten
per cent of the teachers resigned their positions. Fifteen
per cent of the teacher surveyed xere listed with sub-
standard qualifications. Practically all of the cities in
Texas reported resignations averaging thirty per cent. It
was estimated that ,500 Texas teachers entered the armed
forces and Industry from september 1941 through 1945. Only
1277 of these returned to te ching in the school year 1945-
1946 Elizabeth K och, President of the State Teacher's
Association, said:
If we are to keep a staff of well trained
teacher in the public schools of Texas, we must
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Martin, Wesley. To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas, thesis, August 1946; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53455/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .