This is the 1887-1888 report of the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner starts with his executive and educational statements. Topics of the report include: (1) State Common School Statistics; (2) Digests of State School Reports; (3) Discussions of Educational Questions, Chiefly by State Superintendents; (4) Alaska; (5) Discussion of Questions Relating to City Schools Systems; (6) Statistics of City School Systems; (7) The Training of Teachers; (8) Secondary Instruction; (9) Superior Instruction; (10) Professional Instruction (Schools of Theology and Schools of Law); (11) Degrees Conferred; (12) Kindergartens; (13) Manual and Industrial Training (Manual Training as a Propaganda, Manual Training Studies and Curricula, Industrial Departments of Schools for the Special Classes, and Trade Schools); (14) Commercial and Business Colleges--Nurses' Training Schools; (15) Education of Special Classes (Education of the Deaf, Education of the Blind, Education of the Feeble-Minded, Reform Schools, Education of the Colored Race, Indian Schools); (16) Educational Periodicals; (17) Education in Foreign Countries; (18) Papers of Educational Subjects; and (19) Obituary List of Notable Educators.