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Talbot, Winthrop – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1916
"Illiterates" are those who have not learned to write in any language. This is the definition on which American and most foreign statistics of illiteracy are based, because the percentage of those who can read but can not write is so small that it may be ignored. The test of writing one's name and ordinary words is simple, easily…
Descriptors: Working Class, Immigrants, Adult Literacy, Illiteracy
Fratoe, Frank A. – 1979
Members of the farm related population generally lag behind their nonfarm related counterparts in the number of school years completed, number of persons completing high school and college, functional literacy rates, participants in adult education, and labor force status. In 1975 White farm males trailed metro and nonmetro nonfarm males by 1.2…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Personnel
Phillips, Frank M. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1927
Statistics of kindergartens and of elementary and high schools, supported by public funds in the various States, are given in this report. The major items presented include total enrollments, high-school enrollments, average daily attendance in all schools, number of teachers, number of school buildings, value of school property, and expenditures.…
Descriptors: Educational History, Public Schools, Statistical Surveys, National Surveys
Simon, Kenneth A.; Grant, W. Vance – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
This bulletin is the third in a series of annual publications initiated by the Office of Education in October 1962. It is a compilation of significant statistical material pertaining to American education. It contains information on a variety of subjects within the broad filed of educational statistics, including schools and colleges, enrollments,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Secondary School Curriculum, Student Mobility