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Download full textStrayer, George Drayton – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1911
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…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Thorndike, Edward L. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1908
The rapid dwindling of classes in the upper grades of U.S. grammar and high schools has been often noted, and many suggestions as to the improvement of the system of education have been emphasized by reference to this tendency. It is clear that after all that has been done, the attendance of pupils, particularly in the elementary schools, is still…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Academic Persistence, Student Attrition, Elementary School Students
Hoke, K. J. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
The progress of children through the grades of the public schools and the stage of advancement at which they quit school are matters of great educational and economic importance, and enlist the interest of both school officers and taxpayers. If many children fail to accomplish any part of the work of the school in the time prescribed, it may be…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Elementary Schools, Grade Repetition, Student Promotion
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
The statistics presented in Chapter I of this report relate entirely to the public elementary and secondary schools in State school systems, with a few figures included for kindergarten and private elementary and secondary schools. The information contained herein has been furnished by the State offices of education in 48 States, the District of…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, State Schools
Foster, Emery M.; Herlihy, Lester B.; Comstock, Lula M.; Isdell, Julia E.; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This bulletin provides the second chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with a segment only of the educational system. The statistics presented in this report document city public schools for the school year 1931-32. The cities are divided into four population groups on the…
Descriptors: Average Daily Attendance, Expenditures, Urban Schools, Teacher Student Ratio
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
The Biennial Survey of Education presents the statistics of practically all the important school systems in the United States for 1917-18. The various chapters in the volume have been printed as bulletins. Volume III of the 1916-18 Biennial Survey includes the following chapters: (1) Statistical Survey of Education, 1917-18; (2) State School…
Descriptors: School Districts, Urban Schools, Statistical Surveys, Public Schools
Foster, Emery M.; Blose, David T.; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
The statistics presented in this report relate for the most part to the public elementary and secondary schools. In no case have the statistics of colleges, universities, and professional schools been included. A few figures are included, however, for kindergarten and private elementary and secondary schools. The information contained herein was…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, State Schools, Annual Reports, School Surveys
Foster, Emery M.; Herlihy, Lester B.; Comstock, Lula M.; Isdell, Julia E.; Choate, Blache K.; Smith, Rose Marie; Deffenbaugh, Walter S. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1936
This report presents statistics of city public-school systems for the year 1933-34. It also presents, in connection with the text, data on certain points to show trends within the past 10 years, and especially within the past 4 years when the effects of the depression were being felt by the schools. In previous reports statistics for cities…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Annual Reports, School Surveys, School Statistics
