In 6 of the 30 cities more than two-thirds of the teachers included are native-born white of native father. The cities are: In 3 cities less than two-fifths of the teachers included are nativeborn white of native father. The cities are: In 8 of the 30 cities more than one-fourth of the teachers for whom information was secured are Irish of the second generation (nativeborn of foreign-born Irish father). The cities are: In 7 of the cities more than one-tenth of the teachers are Germans of the second generation (native-born of foreign-born German father). The cities are: Slightly over one-tenth of the teachers in Meriden are native-born of foreign-born English father, and almost one-eighth of the teachers in Scranton are native-born of foreign-born Welsh father. The two tables which follow relate to the number of years the teachers represented have been engaged in teaching. The first table shows the number and the second the percentage of teachers reporting in each city who have taught— Under 5 years. 5 to 9 years. 15 to 19 years. 20 to 24 years. 25 to 29 years. Seven hundred and seventy teachers included in the table on page 55 are not shown in the table which follows for the reason that they did not report years engaged in teaching. TABLE 38.-Number of teachers engaged in teaching each specified number of years, by city. TABLE 39.-Per cent of teachers engaged in teaching each specified number of years, by city. Information covered in this table was furnished by 48,297 teachers, and of that number 21.7 per cent had taught less than 5 years. 25 per cent 5 to 9 years. 20.2 per cent 10 to 14 years. 13.4 per cent 15 to 19 years. 8.6 per cent 20 to 24 years. In 6 of the 30 cities more than one-fourth of the teachers included had taught less than five years. South Omaha... New Orleans. New York The cities are: In two cities a very low proportion of the teachers included had taught less than five years. The cities are Minneapolis and Worcester and the percentages are 4 and 4.2, respectively. In each of the seven cities which follow, more than one-tenth of the teachers included had taught 30 years or more. In South Omaha none of the teachers included had taught as many as 25 years. DESCRIPTION OF GENERAL TABLES. For each of the 30 cities included in the investigation, two general tables are shown in the Commission's complete report. In these tables the teachers are classified according to general nativity and race. Table 1.-Number of teachers in each grade, by sex and general nativity and race. This table shows for the kindergarten and for each of the elementary grades the number of male and the number of female teachers of each race. Table 2.-Number of teachers engaged in teaching each specified number of years, by sex and general nativity and race. This table shows for the teachers of each race the number who have been engaged in teaching Less than 5 years. 5 to 9 years. 10 to 14 years. 15 to 19 years. 20 to 24 years. 25 to 29 years. PAROCHIAL SCHOOL PUPILS- THE GENERAL INVESTIGATION. The table which follows shows for each of the 24 cities included in the parochial school study the number of pupils of each race, or people, for whom information was secured. The data are tabulated according to general nativity and race of father of pupil. secured in each city, by general nativity and race of father of pupil. 476 934 149 403 2,882 270 3,873 491 3,345 24,353 19,651 969 1,422 2,062 66 4 969 1,422 2,060 66 2 4,412 2,959 1,489 1,594 6,999 1,392 9,403 1,444 4,211 72,887 45,604 3,296 3,156 3,382 486 2:7 2 13 13 2 953 866 48,534 25,953 2,327 1,734 1,320 420 55 123 |