A FAMILIAR TYPE OF SCHOOL[6] In this chapter I shall have in my mind a type of school which is familiar to all who are interested in elementary education.

What percentage of the schools of England are of that particular type I cannot pretend to say.

In the days of payment by results the percentage was unquestionably very high.

The system under which we all worked made that inevitable.

The days of payment by results are over, but their consequences are with us still.