William Paxton Burris: The Public School System of Gary, Indiana. Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Education (1914), No. 18. (To be obtained free of charge from the Commissioner of Education, Washington, D.C.) An excellent and very enthusiastic report of a long investigation of the Gary schools.
Graham Romeyn Taylor: Satellite Cities. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
Chapters VI and VII of this book contain a comprehensive account of the history and social conditions of the city of Gary up to date.
Magazine articles:—
John Franklin Bobbitt: “The Elimination of Waste in Education.” The Elementary School Teacher, February, 1912.
Charles S. Coons: “The Teaching of Science in the Gary Schools.” School and Society, April 17, 1915. Able discussion of the philosophy which motivates Gary education, by the teacher of chemistry in Froebel School, Gary.
Raymond Dean Chadwick: “Vitalizing the History Work.” History Teachers’ Magazine, April, 1915. By the history teacher in the Emerson School, Gary.
Randolph S. Bourne: “Schools in Gary”; “Communities for Children”; “Really Public Schools”; “Apprentices to the Schools”; “The Natural School.” Five articles in the New Republic, March 27, April 3, April 10, April 24, May 1, 1915. A mere impressionistic survey of the schools based on a personal visit in March, 1915.
Reports:—
William Wirt: A Report on a Plan of Organization for Coöperative and Continuation Courses. Department of Education, City of New York.