Volume 1 begins with the Commissioner of Education's introduction. Chapters include: (1) the work of the Bureau of Education; (2) a list of the writings of William Torrey Harris; (3) education in Great Britain and Ireland for the year 1906-1907; (4) education in France; (5) education in Central Europe; (6) Educational Activity in Foochow, China; (7) education in Canada; (8) education in Mexico, Uruguay, and Panama; (9) educational exhibits at the Jamestown Exhibition; (10) Report of the Second International Congress on School Hygiene; (11) the Conference for Education in the South and the Southern Education Board; (12) Charles Duncan McIver and his educational services, 1886-1906; (13) school playgrounds of America; (14) education in Hawaii, Porto Rico, and Cuba; and (15) report on the Alaska school service and on the Alaska reindeer service. The final chapters include current educational topics, periodicals and an educational directory. [For Volume 2, see ED620662.]