Analyzes male occupational stratification for 35 ethnic populations, defined by race and national origins. While racial and Spanish-origin minorities had average occupational statuses far below that of White males of native parentage, most European ethnics were equal to or only slightly below the majority population in 1940 and 1950. (AF)

The data which are brought together in this bulletin concern elementary schools, high schools, and colleges, and were collected by a special inquiry of the Bureau of Education in December, 1908. The data collected are significant primarily for the light which they throw upon the problems of retardation and elimination in schools. In two cases the…

The statistics presented herein were supplied by the various State offices of education for the school year 1919-20. Either a special report to the Bureau of Education was executed or the data used were taken from the printed State school report for that year. Unfortunately it was necessary to use figures for 1918-19 for Mississippi and Kentucky.…

Investigates the following questions: (1) women's risk of poverty relative to men's; (2) the sources of sex differences in poverty; and (3) the correlation between changes in the sex/poverty ratio and changes in family structure. Confirms the feminization of poverty over time and suggests measures to reduce poverty for women and their children.…

This report presents an historical review of changes in the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the black population in the United States. The study focuses on changes which have occurred in population distribution, income levels, labor force, employment, education, family composition, mortality, fertility, housing, voting, public…

On July 20, 1920, the board of school trustees invited the Commissioner of Education to undertake a survey of the schools of Elizabeth City, with the understanding that the cost would not exceed $1,500, and that the cost of the survey would be underwritten by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce. On July 24-25 Commissioner Claxton and two…

In compiling the regular statistics of student enrollment at the universities and colleges of the country the Bureau of Education has followed the natural practice of classifying the attendance according to the States in which the respective higher educational institutions are located. In view of the apparent need for a comprehensive study of the…

This report includes statistics of elementary and of secondary schools which are supported from public funds. The data are compiled from reports made to the bureau by departments of public instruction in the various States. In most instances the printed bulletins of the superintendent of public instruction were used to verify the figures and to…

This document contains the four concluding chapters and index of the Biennial Survey of Education, covering the years 1928-1930. Chapter 4, Statistics of universities, colleges, and professional schools, 1929-30, is made up of three parts: (1) Personnel, receipts, and property (Emery M. Foster and Frederick J. Kelley); (2) Expenditures (Henry G.…

This report includes data on: 23,213 public high schools in the continental United States and on 164 high schools in the outlying parts of the United States. The material was scoured from information blanks sent directly to the principals of the various high schools and returned by them. In some cases where replies were not received from the…

The report provides abstracted reports from state, territorial, and city school officers. Information is also given on Indian education, educational conventions and institutes, education of the deaf and dumb, and education of the blind, as well as an annual review of foreign education. Special articles discuss education in the Hawaiian Islands,…

This report provides abstracts of official reports from state, territorial, and city school officers. The appendices give information and statistics on Indian education; education conventions and institutes; national science schools; education for the blind; education for the deaf and dumb; foreign education; German education; women's educational…

This document contains the first three chapters of the Biennial Survey of Education in the United States, covering the years 1928-1930. These chapters include: (1) Statistical summary of education, 1929-30 (Emery M. Foster); (2) Statistics of State school systems, 1929-30 (David T. Blose with the cooperation of Walter S. Deffenbaugh); and (3)…

This report presents the statistics of public schools in cities for the school year 1921-1922. The bureau has followed the classification based upon population as reported by the Bureau of the Census in 1920. Group I includes all cities having a population of 100,000 or more; Group II includes cities having a population of 30,000 or more, but…

Statistics concerning city school systems for the year ending June, 1926, are presented in this report. The principal items included are: (1) the number of teachers; (2) number of pupils enrolled in kindergartens; (3) elementary grades; (4) high schools, including junior departments; (5) vocational schools; (6) normal schools and colleges under…