In Thursday's Times the Bishop of Rochester makes a very
wise suggestion in regard to the London Education Bill. He suggests that the management of schools is likely to be more efficiently carried out by managers appointed by the central and controlling authority than by the Borough Councils. We agree. The managers appointed by the School Board did excellent work under the control of the central body, and especially in the matter of selecting teachers and supervising school arrangements ; and we cannot but think that the system should be maintained. There is great cogency in the Bishop's argument that if the Borough Councils manage the schools the masters must necessarily be kept off those bodies —the teachers cannot supervise themselves—though for ordinary municipal work they are well fitted, and may supply a most useful type of Oouncillor.
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