Excerpt from The Junior High School Idea IT is said that any one really wishing to get the point of view Of any serious study, whether it be in text-book form or not, should study the preface and the table of contents carefully, before beginning the first chapter. Most of us, however, are too impatient to begin the book we have selected to read, and to get directly to the story or explanation that concerns us, to be as careful in these matters as the experts tell us we Should. Because most of us may prefer the direct attack in this discussion of the purposes and practices of modern junior high school, we shall include in this, our first chapter, such preface or introduction as may be necessary. At Speyer Experimental Junior High School in New York City, where the aims and practices that we Shall discuss have been or are being worked out, we have a peculiarly managed school. The principal and teachers are paid by the City of New York as in all other public schools. The educational direction of the school, the selection of the program Of studies and the various courses, however, have been under the immediate supervision of Teachers College, Columbia University, with Professor Thomas H. Briggs as its representative in the field. Teachers College owns the Speyer build ing, the gift of Mr. James Speyer of New York City. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.