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Download full textCummings, Howard H.; Gaumnitz, Walter H.; Hamilton, Allen T.; Hull, J. Dan; Ludington, John R.; Mallory, Berenice; Miller, Leonard – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954
This bulletin is the report of the Second Commission on Life Adjustment Education for Youth. It consists of an account of the activities of the Commission carried on during its 3-year (1950-53) tenure (Chapter One), descriptions of related activities carried on in the different States and dioceses (Chapter Two), and an analysis of secondary…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Secondary Education, Educational Planning, Educational Improvement
Martens, Freda R. H. – 1985
The history of the community colleges in New York is traced from their establishment in 1948 to the present. Following introductory comments on the scope of the paper, a discussion is provided of early efforts to expand educational opportunities in New York, including the Peoples College, normal schools and vocational farm schools, and a 5-year…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Legislation
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
In the last 8 or 10 years there has been unusual progress in the establishment of kindergartens in most of the cities and States, but still the kindergarten is a phase of school work less known than the work of the grades in the elementary schools. Many school officers and school architects lack information as to the character of rooms and…
Descriptors: Educational History, Kindergarten, Educational Facilities Design, School Buildings
Davis, Charles E. – 1986
The history of school district reorganization in New York State over the past 150 years is examined. Basic research tools included a survey of present and former district superintendents, contacts with former State Education Department personnel, and reports from other leading figures and past participants. Sections are included on: the historical…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational History, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Kelly, Gail P.; Seller, Maxine S. – 1985
In 1984, the New York State Regents issued an action plan calling for changes in curriculum, high school graduation requirements, and educational standards. Histories of school reform indicate, however, that state legislation alone cannot successfully or permanently improve educational practice. This essay therefore surveys the history of federal…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Economics, Educational History
Berkowitz, J. H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
The great war now ended has shown to every nation the priceless value of its citizens. The beginnings of the health supervision of schools and school children, made before the war, are now seen as movements of the greatest significance for national conservation. The growth of school health supervision in the United States in the past few years is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, School Health Services, School Buildings
