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Download full textFrost, Norman – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Information concerning educational conditions in the southern Appalachian region is scattered, fragmentary, and often partisan to the assumption either that conditions are ideal or that they are inconceivably bad. The purpose of this study is to draw together the available facts in the case. Necessarily, this study is largely statistical. The…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Topography, Counties, Geographic Regions
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1924
This report contains statistics of industrial schools for delinquents for 1921-22. The institutions are all reformatory nature and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 145 institutions: 30 of these are private institutions controlled by corporation or associations, and they admit children…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Industrial Education
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1928
This report contains statistics for 1926-27 of schools for delinquents. The institutions are of a reformatory nature, and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 158 institutions out of 173 believed to exist. The number of instructors reported for the year is 1,488, of which number 582 are…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Courts, Industrial Education, Delinquency
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Adult Education. – 1996
Arizona funding for adult education is authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes; federal funding is received under provisions of the Adult Education Act. The mission of Arizona adult education programs is to ensure adults' access to high quality educational opportunities to support them in their employment, job training, and higher educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Finance
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1979
Through the Jefferson County Adult Reading Project, 293 students functioning at a 3.9 reading level and below attended reading classes. Test results demonstrated the growth in educational advancement while retention rates and growing enrollment showed other measures of success in the project components. The Word Identification, Word Attack, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Enrollment
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1988
Information on state and institutional actions in the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) area is presented. Twenty-one tables and two figures present data by state on the following topics: high school graduation requirements; special recognition program for high school graduates; advanced placement programs for public school students;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Admission, College Faculty, College Students
Orum, Lori S. – 1982
An overview of the educational and language status of Hispanic American children is presented using data from a variety of sources. The following topics are reported on: (1) enrollment in private and public schools and by age category; (2) delayed education (enrollment two years or more below expected grade level) by language characteristics and…
Descriptors: Age, Children, Educational Status Comparison, Elementary Secondary Education
