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Download full textEmployment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training. – 1987
This booklet recounts the history of apprenticeship and describes its practice in the United States today. The booklet is organized in five sections. The first section outlines the early days of apprenticeship, telling how the system of indenture was imported from Europe, giving various examples of apprenticeship under that system, and describing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
Steffensen, James P. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin is an examination of the practices and procedures for the administration of a merit salary policy as part of the teacher compensation program. It analyzes the procedures for the implementation of a merit salary policy in six school districts which are prominent examples in this field: Canton, Connecticut; Ladue, Missouri; Rich…
Descriptors: Educational History, Personnel Policy, Program Implementation, Program Administration
Amidon, Edna P. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
Interest in the school lunch program and nutrition education has been growing throughout the Nation over a period of years, especially since the enactment of the National School Lunch Act in 1945. School administrators, teachers, members of school boards, school lunch managers, parents, and others are asking the Office of Education pertinent…
Descriptors: Educational History, Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Nutrition Instruction
PDF pending restorationFeatherston, E. Glenn – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1948
This bulletin is one in the series on pupil transportation issued by the Office of Education. Its purpose is to furnish information and guidance for local school administrators and others who are concerned with school bus maintenance. Programs of school bus maintenance vary among the 48 States. Presumably all contract vehicles are maintained by…
Descriptors: Educational History, School Buses, Educational Facilities Planning, Student Transportation
Brown, Willis C. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1956
One of the outstanding characteristics of American secondary education is the emphasis that it places upon individual and social needs. Most educators endorse student extraclass activities as an important way to obtain program flexibility, meet individual needs, and attain desirable education objectives. Among the purposes of this publication are…
Descriptors: Educational History, Extracurricular Activities, Secondary Education, High School Students
Studebaker, J. W.; Williams, Chester S. – US Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1939
Plans and programs come in response to need. Citizens of our democracy have need of greater opportunities for truth-seeking under competent guidance. The people are hungry for increased understanding of the problems which beset them and their communities. They have a right to expect their institutions of education to give them help in their study…
Descriptors: Educational History, Guides, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
