In the United States, education is not only free and public, but it is compulsory in all continental United States and in its principal outlying parts. The aim in this study is to present in a summary manner what appear to be the most interesting legislative features of compulsory education systems in the various States: (1) When did the States…

Secondary education continues to grow and expand while the number of high-school graduates increases from year to year. The percentage of graduates who continue on to a higher institution is also on the rise. Thus, a list of those secondary schools that do a standard quantity and quality of work is imperative for those who wish to apply for…

The purpose of this bulletin on child care and parenthood education is to show the present trends of parental education as reported by the home economics departments of the various elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education located in different sections of the United States. The policies and practices described are those…

The Educational Directory, 1919-20 is divided into seven distinct parts. Part 5, Summer School Directors, covers the following topic areas: (1) Universities, Colleges, and Normal Schools; (2) Secondary Schools (Including Institutions of Higher Rank Not Appearing in Part 1); (3) Summer Normal Training Schools; and (4) Summer Schools for Teachers of…

In the Southern States one of the most common forms of disease, especially among children, is hookworm disease. The campaign for its eradication conducted by the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease is one of the most remarkable health campaigns ever waged in this country. It has shown conclusively the important…

Part 1 of the 1951-52 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Part 1 of the 1952-53 Education Directory covers federal and state education agencies. U.S. Federal Security Agency Office of Education officials, principal school officers of state and territorial education departments, library extension agencies' executive officers, and U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs principal education…

Traces the history of rural education in Australia, including the influence of early British colonists, the emergence and eventual consolidation of state systems of education, and the implementation of distance education. Focuses on the development of education in remote areas of Queensland and government impact on rural education. (LP)

Many students apply for admission to higher institutions in other States and sections than those in which they have received their high school preparation. Many also seek certificates from examining and licensing boards, which have no direct means of knowing the standards of the schools from which the applicants come. The demand for this…

This bulletin is a compilation of the standards for accrediting the higher educational institutions employed by the chief standardizing agencies and of the lists of institutions accredited by each agency. It is a periodical publication. Since the first issue in 1917, edits have been issued approximately every 4 years. The purposes of its…

This bulletin is a product of the Local School Units Project, a cooperative effort of the Office of Education, the National Professional Advisory Committee, the Works Progress Administration which funded the project, and the Office of Education Professional Advisory Committee. Its work could not have been completed without the support of the chief…

Contained herein is a developed and researched history of Public School Education in Delaware, current as of 1917. Contents include: (1) Colonial growth and development; (2) The first attempts at State Education; (3) The beginnings of public schools; (4) The first State taxation for schools; (5) The State system: Administration of Groves and…

This bulletin offers highlights on two separate meetings of the National Council of Primary Education. This document contains abstracts of papers and reports read at the second annual meeting at Kansas City, Missouri held on February 27, 1917 as well as the council's updates at the third annual meeting at Atlantic City, New Jersey held on February…

This study is based upon responses to questionnaires sent in December 1956 to chairmen of departments of anthropology, economics, history, political science, and sociology in a sample of 319 institutions of higher education. The survey just completed provides the first data ever assembled on a large scale of social science requirements for…

Because of the individual authority of each State for its own educational program, practices and policies differ widely among them in many respects. Yet in the midst of differences there are also common elements of development. The U. S. Office of Education, in presenting this series of monographs, has attempted to point out those common elements,…