Impact of the 1928 Meriam Report

Describe the impact of the 1928 Meriam Report. Respond in a brief essay of one or two paragraphs
Smith, S. J. (2020). Windows into the history and philosophy of education. Kendall Hunt.
The following is a transcript discussing Chapter 13 of the book above and addresses the topic of the discussion:
Most likely, you've not heard of Susan knower Dorsey. You've heard of John Dewey and Jane Addams, Ella Flagg Young, and many other progressives. But Susan Miller Dorsey was a superintendent schools in Los Angeles during a period of boom, booming growth in the early 20th century, Hollywood was developing. A people are moving to the Los Angeles area to make money to get jobs. So Los Angeles was protected somewhat from the Great Depression, while the rest of the country was, was suffering. But Susan Miller Dorsey had moved to Los Angeles from New York. And she was one of those rare women who rose to prominence in educational leadership. So I think it's helpful to look back at her impact. She started, for example, something called Lloyd schools, something else most people have never heard of. The Sloan School is more of a handicraft working with woodwork and somewhat vocational. And so her emphasis in this progressive era was to help people get jobs, not just to educate them to read and write, but to get some practical skills to come out of schools getting jobs, especially for immigrants who needed work and to make income. Susan Miller Dorsey did not fit the mold. When we look at the progressive era, all the people we tend to steady fit the mold of someone who tends to be more liberal. Yet she was quite conservative in their politics. He was a conservative Republican, she was a fundamentalist Christian, yet she wanted to solve practical problems just as the other progressive Susan's right along with them at the time. Another reason it's important to study Susan Miller Dorsey is we, we have some female role models throughout history in educational leadership. But not as many as are, not as many are reflected in the literature should be. So we want to bring Susan Miller Dorsey to light the impact she made in the schools as she managed all that growth, she started community colleges for those who may not have gone onto the big universities. But again, to help those in the community who may be staying in the community, not going for 44 year degree, who needed develop some skills to gain income. When we look at especially women in the progressive era, our favorites tend to be Jane Addams and Ella Flagg Young and Chicago, Chicago got a lot of attention in the progressive era. There was a lot going on there. John Dewey was there and his school, his lab school at the University of Chicago. So, but Los Angeles, we weren't exploring that. And so the historians has really haven't looked at Susan Miller dorsi as much as they have people like Ella Flagg Young, who was a superintendent of schools in Chicago. When I think of how Susan Miller Dorsey was progressive, She wanted to solve real problems in the educational system, but yet she didn't support this system of teacher unions like the other progressives. It reminds me of a fairly recent documentary film called Waiting for Superman. Waiting for Superman investigates teacher unions and how difficult it is sometimes to terminate teachers who don't improve over time. And so I think of Susan Miller Dorsey. When I look at that video, I'd encourage you to watch this documentary film Waiting for Superman and ask yourself, what are we doing that may be actually hindering the process of education when we think we're being progressive interactions.