This document contains the first twenty chapters of the Biennial Survey of Education document, covering the years 1926-1928. The following chapters are included in this document: (1) Higher education (Arthur J. Klein); (2) Medical education (N. P. Colwell); (3) Legal education (Alfred Z. Reed); (4) Significant movements in city school systems (W.…

This study is sixth in a series of surveys of courses of study reported at intervals during the past 15 years by the Office of Education. In the main, the earlier publications consisted of lists of courses filed in the library for the use of curriculum makers and research workers in education. The present study is concerned with an analysis of the…

It is not a simple matter to attempt to summarize the achievements or point out the apparent tendencies in an educational program providing for 21,000,000 children, engaging the services of 600,000 teachers, and involving an annual expenditure, with public secondary education, of more than $2,000,000. Neither is it a simple matter to present a…

The present American philosophy of education proclaims equality of opportunity for every child. This requires a study of the inherent capacities of children and the consideration of the opportunities for service in a highly complex industrialized society. The Office of Education is now engaged in studying the success of the types of curriculum and…

The purpose of this study is to analyze current practices in the construction of State courses of study. Available State courses of study, reports of survey commissions and educational officials, and other State educational publications have been examined to discover the problems considered significant by State educational officials and the…

This document contains the first three chapters of the Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, covering the years 1928-1930. These chapters include: (1) Statistical summary of education, 1929-30 (Emery M. Foster); (2) Statistics of State school systems, 1929-30 (David T. Blose with the cooperation of Walter S. Deffenbaugh); and (3)…

The following pages contain a classified and annotated list of current educational publications for the period July to December, 1930, inclusive. The preceding records for the current year were issued as Bulletin, 1930, No. 15, January to March, 1930, and Bulletin, 1930, No. 32, April to June, 1930. Books, periodicals, and pamphlets here mentioned…

This bulletin provides the seventh chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with specific segments of the educational system. The purpose of this publication is to make available information on educational legislation enacted during 1931 and 1932. Probably in no previous biennium…

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of educational publications for the period of January to March, 1931, inclusive. It is the second issue under the new plan in which the significant publications in educational literature in different fields have been contributed by specialists in those fields. The publications are organized…

This bulletin contains a selected, annotated, and classified bibliography of educational literature for the period October to December, 1931, inclusive, and is the fourth and last of the quarterly issues of the year 1931. The bibliography includes significant publications in the field of education which have appeared during the quarter, having…

The following pages contain a classified and annotated list of current educational publications for the period July to September, 1931, inclusive. It is the third of the quarterly issues of the year, following the plan instituted in 1930 whereby the selection of the significant material in the different fields is made by specialists in those…

For many years educators and librarians have felt the need of a check list and index to the publications of the Office of Education and the Federal Board for Vocational Education. So many different series have been issued from time to time that it has been almost impossible for librarians to know definitely what constitutes a complete set of these…

This bulletin provides an annotated, classified bibliography of books, articles from periodicals, reports, surveys, proceedings of associations, and investigations and research into present educational conditions received by the library of the Office of Education during the first six months of 1929, January to June, inclusive. An index will be…

This document contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Office of Education for the period of July to September, 1929, inclusive. Books, pamphlets, and periodicals mentioned may ordinarily be obtained from their respective publishers either directly or through a dealer, or in the…

This bulletin provides an annotated, classified bibliography of books, articles from periodicals, reports, surveys, proceedings of associations, and investigations and research into present educational conditions for the period of January to March, 1930, inclusive. An index will be provided for the series of records of the year, to contain author…