The high school is the pupil's college. Upon its character, its spirit, and its work depend not only the knowledge and skill, but also the ideas and mental attitude of a very large majority of the men and women who will rise to positions of influence in industrial, social, and civic life. The preparation and later success of those who enter…

During late years an increasing number of leaders in high-school work have turned their attention to the development of the social studies. For the past five years there has been noticeable progress. In 1919 the Bureau of Education conducted a preliminary inquiry to discover the status, at that time, of the social studies in the curricula of the…

The literature of college entrance requirements is very voluminous. A part of it is scientific, a large part purely opinion, and nearly all of it is popular. It is rather startling that such an important field as the articulation of secondary and higher education has been made so little the subject of scientific study. Although it is recognized…

For the 1921-22 school year 1,963 private high schools and academies sent to the bureau schedules complete enough to include in this bulletin. The number of schools reporting decreased about 6 per cent since 1920. This decrease can not be charged to any particular type of control. There is a substantial increase in the number of graduates from…

This bulletin represents a thesis presented by the late Harry Percy Barrows to the faculty of George Washington University in 1919 for the degree of doctor of philosophy. It furnishes an historic record that should be very helpful in the future development of instruction in agriculture in this country. Since secondary instruction in agriculture…

The purpose of this bulletin on child care and parenthood education is to show the present trends of parental education as reported by the home economics departments of the various elementary and secondary schools and institutions of higher education located in different sections of the United States. The policies and practices described are those…

The publicly supported higher educational institutions, with their large demands on State treasuries, are naturally objects of inquiry to the taxpayer, who is more and more alarmed at the increasing public burdens. The alarm is often based upon misconceptions and inaccuracies. The only way to check such fear is through the proper use of facts.…

The period under review reported in this bulletin, approximately the years 1924, 1925, and 1926, are of significance in education in that they are a part of the reconstruction, postwar time that was marked in its earlier months by strong enthusiasm and a general freedom of conception, when fine plans for educational systems--by no means impossible…

The educational movements that have been taking place in Great Britain during the past two or three years have aroused widespread interest among teachers and publicists in this country. This report is an attempt to analyze these movements and to indicate their significance in the broader movement for reconstruction. The educational reforms that…

Home-economics education during the biennium has made notable progress. Among the achievements are the formation of the Organization of Supervisors and Teachers of Home Economics, further curriculum revision, better integration of home-economics instruction with health education, larger opportunities for child development and parental education,…

For the school year 1923-24 reports were received from 913 universities, colleges, and professional schools. Of this number 144 are under public control and 769 under private control; 150 are independent professional schools. There are 165 schools of theology, 124 schools of law, 80 schools of medicine, 43 schools of dentistry, 63 schools of…

This bulletin on the schools of Scandinavia, Finland, and Holland covers the following topics: (1) The war in its effects on the schools of Scandinavia; (2) Norway: General characteristics of the school system; School gardens; School welfare activities: Speech forms in the schools; Teachers' pensions; War conditions and the schools; Present trend…

Switzerland has an area of only a little over 15,900 square miles, a population of about three and one-half millions, but 25 distinct political units--Cantons--each virtually autonomous in the control of its schools. There is no Federal educational board to issue plans, decrees, letters, or special instruction tending to unify the system. Under…

In the last 8 or 10 years there has been unusual progress in the establishment of kindergartens in most of the cities and States, but still the kindergarten is a phase of school work less known than the work of the grades in the elementary schools. Many school officers and school architects lack information as to the character of rooms and…

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…