This report contains statistics of public and of private kindergartens for the school year 1923-24. Increases appear in the number of kindergartens, number of teachers, and in the number of pupils enrolled, over those reported in 1922. The largest increase is in California, where the kindergarten enrollment increased 29 percent during this…

The report of the agricultural and mechanical colleges for the year 1916-17 has more than ordinary significance on account of the important relation of those institutions to the war. From the beginning they have cooperated closely with the Government in furnishing a large quota of men with military training. Courses have been added which will…

An average of 1,000 school consolidations were formed yearly; public money spent for pupil transportation increased about three and one-half million dollars annually; and the number of one-room schools in the United States decreased about 4,500 a year, during the period from 1918 to 1922. These are the rates at which three important movements in…

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 report contains statistics of nurse-training schools for the year 1926-27. The principal items included are: Number of schools; number of nurse-training pupils; number of graduates; bed capacity of the hospitals maintaining the schools; average number of patients in these hospitals, length of the nurse-training course; admission requirements,…

This second part of a five-part study of education in South Africa traces the development of black education, emphasizing trends since 1960, and examines current problem areas. The following historical phases in the development of black education are outlined: (1) the traditional phase, prior to 1798, during which blacks received no education; (2)…

This report includes data from 14,056 public high schools for the school year ending in 1922. Of this number, 387 are junior high schools, 1,088 are junior-senior, and 91 are three-year senior high schools. An increase in enrollment of 372,287 pupils is reported, bringing the total to 2,229,442; of this number 35,731 are colored, this group making…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past three years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

A bibliography of higher education statistical compilations published by the U.S. Office of Education, and in a few cases, other agencies or private organizations is presented. The bibliography covers the 1940s through 1980 and is divided into the following categories: general publications, finances, students (enrollment and degrees), faculty and…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past five years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

The statistics presented herein were supplied by the various State offices of education for the school year 1919-20. Either a special report to the Bureau of Education was executed or the data used were taken from the printed State school report for that year. Unfortunately it was necessary to use figures for 1918-19 for Mississippi and Kentucky.…

This annual bulletin, formerly prepared and published by the National Association of State Universities, has been published by the Bureau of Education for the past four years. The data given are taken from reports received from the offices of the presidents of the various institutions, and the figures printed are substantially as given in those…

The statistics in this bulletin on State school systems relate solely to the public elementary and secondary schools. The information has been supplied by the various State offices of education. This bulletin contains the statistics of city, village, and rural schools combined. Statistics for the following topics are presented: (1) Schools…

Since the Office of Education in 1938 issued the bulletin "Offerings and Registrations in High-School Subjects, 1933-34," no comparable investigation has been undertaken. Because of the absence of current data since 1938 both schoolmen and the general public have only been able to speculate as to enrollment trends. Much of this speculation has…

On February 4, 1922, a request came from the State Superintendent of Public Instruction of Arizona, The Hon. Elsie Toles, to the Commissioner of Education asking that the Bureau of Education make a survey of the University of Arizona. The invitation was accepted by the Commissioner of Education, who designated E. Parke, R. Kilbe, president of the…