ERIC Number: ED616837
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1870
Pages: 590
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1870, with Accompanying Papers
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior
The bulk of this report from the Commissioner of Education is made up of appendices. The appendices begin with abstracts of reports submitted by state, territorial, and city school officers. Data is then presented on the general condition of colored schools operated by the Freedmen's Bureau; Indian education; kindergarten culture; Hebrew education; Argentine education; deaf and dumb education; education in England; education in Bengal, India; education of the working classes in Austria; education in Victoria, Australia; Ecuadorian education; U.S. medical education; normal schools; educational conventions; an American university; society, crime, and criminals; the Chinese migration; school supervision; German schools and teaching German; the relationship between education and labor; inquiries and replies relating to education and labor; illiteracy in the U.S.; and general U.S. school statistics. The latter includes statistics on pupils and teachers; school finances; colleges; theological seminaries; law schools; medical, dental, and pharmaceutical institutions; normal schools; agricultural and scientific schools; commercial colleges; institutions serving the deaf and dumb, the insane, the blind, the idiotic, inebriates, and miscellaneous special schools; the Young Men's Christian Associations; major U.S. libraries; reformatories and state prisons; and appointments, examinations, and rejections at West Point.
Descriptors: African American Education, American Indian Education, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries, Judaism, Religious Education, Special Education, Deafness, Working Class, Education, Medical Education, Schools of Education, Conferences (Gatherings), Universities, Crime, Criminals, School Supervision, German, Immigrants, Labor, Illiteracy, School Statistics, Educational Finance, Colleges, Professional Education, Special Schools, Religious Organizations, Libraries, Correctional Institutions, Military Schools, Teachers, Students
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior.
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Collected Works - General; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Identifiers - Location: Argentina; United Kingdom (England); India; Austria; Australia; Ecuador; United States
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