Education in the News and How to Read it

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Bess Goodykoontz

“Yes, I saw it in the paper, but I didn't think much about it.” This comment frequently made by adult readers does not imply lack of reading skill but does indicate failure to take the next step in intelligent reading—to make associations and to see implications. Miss Goodykoontz, assistant commissioner of education, U. S. Office of Education, calls attention to four news accounts which although not labeled education news have significant implications for everyone interested in education. She points out what these implications are, proving that “behind the headlines, lies education.” This article is prepared from the address Miss Goodykoontz gave April 29, 1940, at the Milwaukee meeting of the Association for Childhood Education.