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Anderson, Howard R.; Cummings, Howard H.; Gaumnitz, Walter H.; Ludington, John R.; Mallory, Berenice; Miller, Leonard M.; O'Toole, Lela; Pearson, James H. – Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, 1951
"Vitalizing Secondary Education" is a report of the first Commission on Life Adjustment Education for Youth prepared in accordance with the recommendations of the 1947 National Conference in Chicago. It is a summary of some of the Commission's activities in democratizing American secondary education through efforts designed to retain in…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Secondary Education, State Programs, State Departments of Education
Latta, E. Michael – 1978
Almost seventy years passed before vocational education was recognized in 1977 as a state function in North Carolina's public secondary schools, community colleges/technical institutes, and teacher education programs. Although the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act initiated vocational education, North Carolina education was primarily a local matter until the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational History, Educational Responsibility, Federal Legislation
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1939 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. In the Commissioner's portion of this report, the following topics are covered: (1) Introduction (Reorganization; Record of Effort and Progress; and First Time Suitably Housed); (2) The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, School Libraries, State Programs
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1972
The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics discussed are education failings, including inadequate budges and ineffective courses, teaching, and curricula; evidence of success; compensatory education; education finance; dropout prevention; minority…
Descriptors: Failure, Budgets, Courses, Instruction