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The Kindergarten in Certain City School Surveys. Bulletin, 1926, No. 13
Author: Waite, Mary G.
Date: 1926-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Teaching Methods,Kindergarten,Superintendents,Urban Schools,Teacher Attitudes,Surveys,Longitudinal Studies,Educational Administration,Educational Facilities,Hygiene,Furniture,Playgrounds,Toys,Libraries,Age,Ability Grouping,Individualized Instruction,Class Size,School Schedules,Student Promotion,Recordkeeping,Educational Objectives,Language Arts,Reading Instruction,Childrens Literature,Citizenship Education,Natural Resources,Music Education,Fine Arts,Industrial Arts,Teacher Education,Supervision,Professional Development,Elementary Education,Primary Education,Child Development,Access to Education,Child Health,Well Being,Physical Health,Mental Health,Educational Needs

Numerous requests concerning standards and practices of kindergarten procedure have been received from superintendents, supervisors, teachers, and laymen interested in education. These requests indicate a desire to know what phases of kindergarten education are being criticized or commended, and also what standards and policies are being suggested for kindergarten education. Recommendations found in the surveys examined were made to meet specific conditions in local situations. They are of value for other communities to the extent to which similar conditions exist in these communities. Therefore a composite statement of survey findings should be of help in judging the value of kindergarten procedures in any community. Because of the variety of information desired by superintendents, supervisors, principals, teachers, and laymen, who are interested in  kindergarten education, as comprehensive a study as possible has been made of the relevant suggestions and comments found in surveys of public school systems. It was not possible to include in the analysis all problems connected with the administration of kindergartens. Such phases as statistics, salaries, costs of maintenance and equipment have not been considered, as in most surveys these items are incorporated in the statements for the elementary schools as a whole. The surveys were selected because: (1) they spread over a long period of time (1915-1924); (2) they discuss the work done in many parts of the country; (3) they present problems which arise in places varying in size and in community interests; and (4) they were made by leading educators. Almost every phase of kindergarten practice and administration has been severely criticized or strongly commended in the surveys, and definite recommendations are made with regard to such problems as: (1)  eliminating mass teaching and dividing classes into small groups; (2) keeping records of the achievement of individual pupils; providing better methods of promotion; (3) studying the effect of kindergarten training on children's progress through the grades; and (4) unifying the work in kindergarten and primary grades. [Best copy available has been provided.]
Statistics of Private Commercial and Business Schools, 1924-1925. Bulletin, 1926, No. 14
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1926-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Accounting,Evening Programs,Salesmanship,Average Daily Attendance,Statistics,High Schools,Day Schools,Enrollment Trends,Business Education,Industrial Education,Public Schools,Private Schools,Office Occupations,Written Language,Business Administration Education,Manufacturing Industry

This bulletin contains the statistics of 739 private commercial and business schools for 1924-25, and of 20 public commercial and business high schools for the same year. There has been a considerable decrease since 1920, both in the number of private schools reporting and in the enrollment. At least 275 schools reporting in 1920 have gone out of business since that time. About 375 new schools sent in a report in 1925. With the decrease in total enrollments, the enrollments in bookkeeping, stenographic, combined bookkeeping and stenographic, accounting, wire telegraphic, and salesmanship courses have decreased, while there has been a 3% increase since 1920 in the number enrolled in secretarial courses. The reduction seen in enrollment in private commercial and business schools can be accounted for partly by an increase in enrollment in commercial courses in high schools. Statistical tables included in this bulletin contain the following data: (1) Table 1--Summary of statistics of all private commercial and business schools reporting, 1900 to 1925; (2) Table 2--Entrance requirements of private commercial and business schools, according to course of study; (3) Table 3--Distribution of private commercial schools according to number of months required for graduation, 1924-25; (4) Table 4--Instructors, students, and attendance in all private commercial and business schools reporting in 1924-25; (5) Table 5--Students in day and night courses and average daily attendance in all private commercial and business schools reporting in 1924-25; (6) Table 6--Day school enrollment, by course of study, in all private commercial and business schools reporting in 1924-25; (7) Table 7--Night school enrollment, by course of study, in all private commercial and business schools reporting in 1924-25; (8) Table 8--Total number of students pursuing certain subjects in private commercial and business schools in 1924-25; (9) Table 9--Statistics of private commercial and business schools which enrolled 100 or more students, 1924-25; (10) Table 10--Statistics of public commercial and business high schools reporting in 1924-25; and (11) Table 11--Number of students pursuing certain subjects in public commercial and business high schools in 1924-25. (Contains 11 tables.) [Prepared in the Statistical Division, Frank M. Phillips, Chief. Best copy available has been provided.]
A Handbook of Educational Associations and Foundations in the United States. Bulletin, 1926, No. 16
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1926-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,Guides,National Organizations,International Organizations,Teacher Associations,Organizational Objectives,Adult Education,Postsecondary Education,Higher Education,Professional Education,Elementary Secondary Education,Vocational Education,International Education,Intellectual Disciplines,African American Education,Womens Education,Child Health,Disabilities,Teacher Education,Educational Administration,Rural Education

With the increasing interest in education in recent years, there has been a corresponding growth in the number of associations and foundations engaged in various ways in the promotion of education. So rapid has been this growth that it has become difficult to keep in touch with the activities of these organizations. With this multiplication of independent organizations, a need is felt in many quarters for some action calculated to bring about a coordination of effort and eliminate to a certain degree much of the duplication resulting from rapid growth. In response to an urgent demand for information concerning such organizations, it was thought advisable to collect into one volume certain facts concerning each, their purposes, publications, conditions of membership, etc. The accompanying manuscript contains the material which the bureau has been able to bring together on the subject. [Prepared in the Library Division. Best copy available has been provided.]
Placement of Children in the Elementary Grades: A Study of the Schools of Richmond, Virginia. Bulletin, 1916, No. 3
Author: Hoke, K. J.
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Grades (Scholastic),Elementary Schools,Grade Repetition,Student Promotion,Elementary School Students,Student Placement,Public Schools,White Students,African American Students,School Segregation,Acceleration (Education),Age Differences,Attendance Patterns,Tests,Testing,Academic Ability

The progress of children through the grades of the public schools and the stage of advancement at which they quit school are matters of great educational and economic importance, and enlist the interest of both school officers and taxpayers. If many children fail to accomplish any part of the work of the school in the time prescribed, it may be supposed that the work is not well adjusted to the powers of the children or that the teaching is at fault. If many quit school before completing the minimum course of instruction necessary for intelligent citizenship and industrial and social life, then the purposes for which the schools are maintained are not accomplished and our life in all its phases is less full and less efficient than it should be. There is a need for a large body of accurate information, as to the amount and kind of retardation and the time of quitting school, to determine the means to prevent this economic and vital waste. This study by the second assistant superintendent of schools of Richmond, Virginia, contains valuable information on these subjects for the schools of that city. Its contents include: (1) Introduction; (2) Progress of children in the elementary schools (White); (3) Progress of children in the elementary schools (Negro); (4) Acceleration and retardation by grades and ages; (5) Absence and entrance age in relation to progress through school; (6) Application of mental tests for determining the placement of children; and (7) Further application of mental tests for the placement of children and the results. A bibliography is also included. (Contains 37 tables, 1 figure, and 2 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications. Bulletin, 1916, No. 4
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1916-01-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Bibliographies,Educational History,Educational Sociology,Curriculum,Kindergarten,Elementary Secondary Education,Teacher Education,Rural Education,Hygiene,Sanitation,Physical Education,Play,Playgrounds,Social Development,Professional Recognition,Educational Administration,Professional Education,School Administration,Teaching Methods,Professional Associations,Religious Education,Vocational Education,Career Guidance,Extension Education,Libraries,Military Training,Special Needs Students,Agricultural Education,Periodicals,Higher Education,Deafness,African American Education,Womens Education,Home Economics

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education in January 1916. The listing includes contents organized in these categories: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Educational history; (3) Current educational conditions; (4) Pedagogics and didactics; (5) Educational psychology: Child study; (6) Special subjects of curriculum; (7) Kindergarten and primary school; (8) Rural education; (9) Secondary education; (10) Teachers: Training and professional status; (11) Higher education; (12) School administration; (13) School management; (14) School hygiene and sanitation; (15) Physical training; (16) Play and playgrounds; (17) Social aspects of education; (18) Religious education; (19) Manual and vocational training; (20) Vocational guidance; (21) Agricultural education: Home economics; (22) Commercial education; (23) Professional education; (24) Civic education; (25) Military training; (26) Education of women; (27) Negro education; (28) Education of deaf; (29) Exceptional children; (30) Education extension; and (31) Libraries and bibliography. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education under the direction of John D. Wolcott, Chief of Division. Best copy available has been provided.]
Kindergarten Training Schools. Bulletin, 1916, No. 5
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Kindergarten,Teacher Education Programs,Preschool Teachers,Teacher Competencies,Schools of Education,Principals,Faculty,Income,Teacher Certification,Enrollment,Fees,Costs,Graduates,Curriculum,Student Teachers,Required Courses,High Schools,Colleges,Public Education,Private Education

The large increase in the number of kindergartens in the United States and the revival of interest in the kindergarten in all parts of the country have given rise to a demand for information about schools for the preparation of kindergarten teachers and the standards and courses of study in these schools. The schools themselves ask for honest intelligent criticism of their work and for suggestions for improving it. This report, which explores these issues, has been prepared through the cooperation of the National Kindergarten Association and a committee of the International Kindergarten Union, cooperating with the kindergarten division of the Bureau of Education. Its contents cover: (1) Kindergarten training in retrospect and prospect (Nina C. Vandewalker); (2) Statistics of kindergarten training schools, 1912-13; (3) Suggested two-year kindergarten course; and (4) Ideals in kindergarten training. (Contains 7 tables and 3 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Statistics of State Universities and State Colleges for the Year Ended June 30, 1915. Bulletin, 1916, No. 6
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Educational History,State Colleges,State Universities,College Presidents,Land Grant Universities,Federal Legislation,Educational Facilities,Endowment Funds,Private Financial Support,Income,Educational Finance,Directories,College Faculty,Teacher Salaries,Enrollment,College Students,Males,Females,Summer Schools,College Preparation,Statistical Surveys,National Surveys,School Statistics,College Libraries,State Aid,Federal Aid,Educational Policy,State Policy,Professional Education,College Curriculum,Admission Criteria,Educational Facilities Improvement,Deans,Minicourses,Compensation (Remuneration)

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past seven years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those reports. The bulletin includes a list of changes in courses and methods of instruction, by state and institution; and a directory of State universities and State colleges. Data include (1) The size of the teaching force, and minimum/maximum salaries; (2) Student enrollment; and (3) Property and income of the State universities and State colleges. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.)  [Best copy available has been provided.]
Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications. Bulletin, 1916, No. 7
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1916-02-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Bibliographies,Educational History,Educational Sociology,Curriculum,Kindergarten,Elementary Secondary Education,Teacher Education,Rural Education,Hygiene,Sanitation,Physical Education,Play,Playgrounds,Social Development,Professional Recognition,Educational Administration,Professional Education,School Administration,Teaching Methods,Professional Associations,Religious Education,Vocational Education,Career Guidance,Extension Education,Libraries,Military Training,Special Needs Students,Agricultural Education,Periodicals,Higher Education,Deafness,African American Education,Womens Education,Business Education,Immigrants,Moral Development

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education in February 1916. The listing includes contents organized in these categories: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Educational history; (3) Current educational conditions; (4) Pedagogics and didactics; (5) Educational psychology: Child study; (6) Special methods of instruction; (7) Special subjects of curriculum; (8) Kindergarten and primary school; (9) Rural education; (10) Secondary education; (11) Teachers: Training and professional status; (12) Higher education; (13) School administration; (14) School management; (15) School architecture; (16) School hygiene and sanitation; (17) Physical training; (18) Play and playgrounds; (19) Social aspects of education; (20) Child welfare; (21) Moral education; (22) Religious education; (23) Manual and vocational training; (24) Vocational guidance; (25) Agricultural education: School gardens; (26) Commercial education; (27) Professional education; (28) Nurse training; (29) Military and naval training; (30) Education of women; (31) Negro education; (32) Education of immigrants; (33) Education of deaf; (34) Exceptional children; (35) Education extension; (36) Libraries and reading; (37) Bureau of Education: Recent publications; and (38) New periodicals. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education, under the direction of John D. Wolcott, Chief of Division. Best copy available has been provided.]
Reorganization of the Public School System. Bulletin, 1916, No. 8
Author: Bunker, Frank Forest
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Foreign Countries,Educational Change,Public Schools,Curriculum,Administrative Organization,Instructional Program Divisions,Educational History,Educational Planning,Urban Schools,Educational Practices

The movement toward a functional reorganization of the school system began more than two decades ago, and has survived two of the stages through which every project, on its way from inception to practice, must necessarily pass: that of academic discussion and that of consideration of working plans. It is now entering the final stage, that of adoption and trial. This bulletin is an attempt to set forth in orderly manner the progress of the movement as it has developed from its beginning to the present time. There is also an attempt to show, in some detail, how a regrouping of the grades of the system lends itself to changes in the elementary and secondary curricula that seem to be demanded. In treating the attempts which have been made to bring about this reorganization and the attendant effect upon courses of study, two alternatives were open: (1) to describe, in as great a detail as space would permit, a number of such efforts; or (2) to give a brief summary of the essential features of each, with a more detailed description of some one experience. The latter alternative has been adopted, on the theory that a portrayal of the difficulties encountered in putting into operation a given plan, and a description of the effect upon the organization and curriculum of a single school department, even though such results fall short of the ideal, would prove more helpful. Contents include: (1) The rise of the chief division of the American public-school system; (2) The rise of the graded school; (3) Efforts toward a functional reorganization--the first decade of the discussion; (4) Efforts toward a functional reorganization--second decade of the discussion; (5) Efforts toward a functional reorganization--the practice; (6) The plan adopted by Berkeley, California; (7) The course of study--the first cycle; and (8) The course of study--The second and third cycles. The appendix includes sample courses of study from schools in several U.S. cities and in Japan. A bibliography and an index are included. (Contains 243 footnotes.) [Best copy available has been provided.]
Monthly Record of Current Educational Publications. Bulletin, 1916, No. 9
Author: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Education (ED)
Date: 1916-03-00
Type: Historical Materials
Subjects: Bibliographies,Educational History,Educational Sociology,Curriculum,Kindergarten,Elementary Secondary Education,Teacher Education,Rural Education,Hygiene,Sanitation,Physical Education,Play,Playgrounds,Social Development,Professional Recognition,Educational Administration,Professional Education,School Administration,Teaching Methods,Professional Associations,Religious Education,Vocational Education,Career Guidance,Extension Education,Libraries,Military Training,Special Needs Students,Agricultural Education,Periodicals,Higher Education,Womens Education,Gardening,Deafness

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education in March 1916. The listing includes contents organized into the following categories: (1) Publications of associations; (2) Educational history; (3) Current educational conditions; (4) Pedagogics and didactics; (5) Educational psychology: Child study; (6) Special subjects of curriculum; (7) Kindergarten and primary school; (8) Rural education; (9) Secondary education; (10) Teachers: Training and professional status; (11) Higher education; (12) School administration; (13) School management; (14) School architecture; (15) School hygiene and sanitation; (16) Physical training; (17) Play and playgrounds; (18) Social aspects of education; (19) Child welfare; (20) Moral education; (21) Religious education; (22) Manual and vocational training; (23) Vocational guidance; (24) Agricultural education: School gardens; (25) Commercial education; (26) Professional education; (27) Military and naval training; (28) Education of women; (29) Education of deaf; (30) Exceptional children; (31) Education extension; (32) Libraries and reading; and (33) Bureau of Education: Recent publications. [Compiled by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education, under the Direction of John D. Wolcott, Chief of Division. Best copy available has been provided.]
Needed Changes in Secondary Education: Two Papers Presented at the Pan American Scientific Congress, Washington. D. C., December 27, 1915 to January 8, 1916. Bulletin, 1916, No. 10
Author: Eliot, Charles William
Date: 1916-00-00
Type: Collected Works - General
Subjects: School Organization,Educational Philosophy,Secondary Education,Educational Change,Conferences (Gatherings),Universities,Educational Administration

Among the papers read in the conference on education of the Second Pan-American Scientific Congress, held in Washington December 27, 1915, to January 8, 1916, two contain much of interest and value to those who are responsible for the organization of secondary schools: (1) The Changes Needed in American Secondary Education (Charles W. Eliot), plus a Supplementary Statement furnished by Dr. Eliot; and (2) The Secondary School and the University (Ernesto Nelson). With permission of the authors, these papers are reproduced in this bulletin, to benefit principals of high schools in the United States. [Best copy available has been provided.]