A distraction for the students may have been it simply wasn't an interesting enough or grasping topic for the students, or even the way he was dressed which was kind of flashy or really eye catching could have focused thier attentions elsewhere. Hope This Helps
The text suggests that the cause behind the continued expansion of education in the early twentieth century is the efforts of the Progressive Movement that demanded reforms to the education system. This allowed the growth of educational institutions and the number of children that attended school in the United States.
