Descriptor
| Mental Retardation | 3 |
| Residential Schools | 3 |
| Rural Schools | 3 |
| Special Education | 2 |
| Urban Schools | 2 |
| Administrators | 1 |
| African American Students | 1 |
| Agricultural Education | 1 |
| Art Education | 1 |
| Blindness | 1 |
| Business Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
| Efaw, Jennifer | 1 |
| Martens, Elise H. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Historical Materials | 3 |
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Secondary Education | 2 |
| High Schools | 1 |
Audience
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| West Virginia | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Efaw, Jennifer – Goldenseal, 1998
In 1929, the state-operated West Virginia Training School was established "for the treatment and training of mentally defective boys and girls." Renamed the Colin Anderson Center in 1965 after a compassionate superintendent, the rural school served up to 541 resident children, operated a half-way house for departing residents, and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Children, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Download full textMartens, Elise H. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1950
Mentally retarded children, as here defined, are those who because of poor intellectual endowment are unable to cope, with the standard requirements of regular grades. They are in particular need of special educational services planned for intellectually subnormal children. These include approximately 2 percent of the school population. Some…
Descriptors: Secondary Schools, Vocational Schools, Guidance, Mental Retardation
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
Volume IV of the 1916-18 Biennial Survey of Education covers the following topic areas: (1) Statistics of Normal Schools; (2) Statistics of Public High Schools; (3) Private High Schools and Academies; (4) Private Commercial and Business Schools; (5) Summer Schools; (6) Nurse Training Schools; (7) Schools and Classes for the Blind; (8) Schools for…
Descriptors: High Schools, Summer Schools, Nursing Education, Public Schools
