The list of 52 institutions included in these tables is not sharply defined. In general it includes, in addition to fully organized state and territorial universities, such other institutions of higher education as are supported, at least in part, by the several States. It does not include state normal schools nor high schools. Of the 82…

This report presents statistics of city public-school systems for the year 1933-34. It also presents, in connection with the text, data on certain points to show trends within the past 10 years, and especially within the past 4 years when the effects of the depression were being felt by the schools. In previous reports statistics for cities…

The list of 83 institutions considered in the tables within this bulletin includes all the fully organized state and territorial institutions and in addition such other institutions of higher education as are supported, at least in part, by the several States and Territories. Fifty-one of the institutions in the list, in addition to receiving…

At the request of the school committee of that town, this bureau made last spring a comprehensive survey of the schools of Winchester, Massachusetts, a residential suburban town near the city of Boston. The report of the findings of the committee making the survey, together with constructive criticisms and recommendations for the improvement of…

On July 8, 1916, the Commissioner of Education was requested by the governor of Nevada to undertake the direction of a survey of the University of Nevada and to report the findings to the educational survey commission created by the 1915 legislature of the State. During the months of August and September, 1916, the committee prepared elaborate…

This paper examines issues concerning educational finance in the Washington, D.C. public schools according to three measures of adequacy: city budget, per pupil expenditures, and teacher-student ratio. The issues are discussed in the context of historical, social, and political developments (the change from Federal control over the school district…

This bulletin presents the statistics of public high schools, revealing as far as possible the direct bearing of the data collected on current secondary school problems. To accomplish this end the presentation, necessarily, is divided into two fields: First, that making historical comparisons, and second, that showing present conditions. The first…

This document contains and discusses the following topics: (1) College Entrance Examination Board; (2) New England College Entrance Certificate Board; (3) North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools; (4) Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States; (5) Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools of the…

This report includes statistics of the various forms of institutions that have to do with the education of the Negro race in the United States. These statistics are taken from the best available information furnished by State departments of education, private high schools and academies, teacher-training institutions, and colleges, universities,…

Activities in higher education during the biennium 1924-1926 do not seem to have been inspired merely by the desire to pacify criticism of details or to patch up weak spots in the educational fabric. The tendency was to "raise the previous question concerning the functions of colleges and universities and to modify procedures to serve more…

After an introduction by the Commissioner of Education, chapters I and II of volume 1 cover reports from the Mosely Educational Commission to the United States. Chapter III addresses proceedings instituted to execute the Rhodes Scholarship Trust. Subsequent chapters cover French education, agriculture teaching in French and Belgian schools,…

This annotated bibliography covers the period from January 1, 1920 to September 1, 1926, and covers the following types of contributions: (1) Those that present objective data of sufficient amount and quality to appear to throw light upon the problems considered; (2) analytical studies that set forth new theories that seem to be significant, that…

The Volume 1 Commissioner of Education's introduction discusses school and college enrollment and presents state common-school statistics on enrollment, average daily attendance, teachers and salaries, revenues and expenditures, and expenditures in Southern states by race. Report chapters address education in Great Britain and Ireland,…

Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…

Volume 2 of the Commissioner's report includes a chapter on education and crime, which considers the relationship between crime and education with statistics included. The Canadian education chapter discusses the public education system, universities, current issues, technical and industrial education, and a section on Ontario education. Chapter…