Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1938 [Report of the Commissioner of Education]
Author: US Department of the Interior, Office of Education (ED)
Date: 1938-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Public Schools,Higher Education,School Libraries,Library Services,Federal Government,Research,Elementary Secondary Education,Educational Research,Special Education,Health Education,Physical Education,Evaluation,Guidance,Industrial Education,School Buildings,Statistical Data,Comparative Education,Educational Media,Scripts,Cooperation,International Cooperation,Institutional Cooperation,Educational Policy,Radio,Consultation Programs,Information Services,Educational Administration,Land Grant Universities,Museums,Art,Vocational Education,State Programs,Enrollment Trends,Agricultural Education,Family and Consumer Sciences,Business Education,Rehabilitation,Agency Cooperation,Apprenticeships,Resource Allocation

This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1938 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. In the Commissioner's portion of this report, the following topics are covered: (1) General Educational Activities (An Over-View of the Public Schools; Of Higher Education; and Of Library Service); (2) Federal Activities (Advisory Committee Report); (3) Research and Investigation (In Elementary and High-School Fields; In Higher Education; In Special Education; In Health and Physical Education; In Measurement; In Guidance and Industrial Education; In Library Service; In School Building Problems; In Statistics; and In Comparative Education); (4) Demonstrations and Developments (Educational Broadcasting; Script Exchange; and The Forum Project); (5) Stimulating and Coordinating Research (The Library; Coordination of Statistics in Library Service; Cooperation with Universities; Cooperation with Other Countries; and Uniform Records and Reports); (6) Policy Forming (Relations with State Departments; Committees; and Federal Radio Education Committee); (7) Field Service (Consultation and Advisory Service); (8) Information Service (Publications; Documents Distributed; Correspondence; Exhibit Materials; Other Services; and International Relations); (9) Administrative and Supervisory Activities (Land-Grant Colleges and Universities and Howard University); (10) Among New Developments (Library Service Division Established; Conferences and Cooperation; Encouraging Art; and Museum Opened); (11) C. C. C. Educational Activities (Guidance Emphasized; Diplomas Awarded; and Cooperation Keynote); (12) Vocational Education (Advisory Boards and Committees; State Plans; Enrollments Increased; Cooperative Services; In Agricultural Education; In Trade and Industrial Education; In Home Economics Education; In Business Education; In Rehabilitation; Cooperation with Other Agencies; Apprentice Training; Research Activities; New Developments; and Appropriations: 1938 and 1939); (13) Office Of Education Publications, 1937-38 (General Education and Vocational Education); (14) Recommendations; and (15) General Education Board. [The Commission of Education's annual report is on pages 338-400.]