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Montanye, Edwin Y. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
The educational advantages and the housing economies effected by the work-study-play plan have led administrative officers to adopt some form of this organization in many school systems. The plan is variously designated as the "platoon plan," "alternating school," "companion class method," or "duplicate…
Descriptors: School Administration, School Buildings, Urban Schools, School Organization
Barrows, Alice; Simonson, Lee – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
The present bulletin deals with the evolution of the school auditorium, and presents recommendations for the planning of the auditorium, with particular reference to the stage, so that the auditorium can be used as a theater, concert hall, for forums, for motion pictures, and for radio programs. The auditorium is one of the most important units in…
Descriptors: Educational History, Space Utilization, Educational Facilities, Music Facilities
Diemer, G. W. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
What is the method by which the elementary school can be brought up to twentieth-century standards? The answer is "a complete administrative and curriculum reorganization of the elementary school." The efforts of John Dewey in his highly socialized experimental school in Chicago, of Merriam at Missouri University, and of William Wirt at…
Descriptors: School Organization, Curriculum Development, Experimental Schools, Elementary Schools