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Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
On May 14-15, in Washington, a Conference on Education for Highway Engineering and Highway Transport was held. This was attended by about 75 highway engineers, deans and supervisors of engineering in colleges, universities, and technical schools, National, State, and County highway commissioners, and men interested in highway and automotive…
Descriptors: Civil Engineering, Conferences (Gatherings), Transportation, Deans
Fox, Florence C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1923
The highway is close to every child's experience and plays an important part in the activities of his life. The influence of the street is second only to that of the home. The highway project holds, for that reason, an absorbing interest of children in the middle and upper grades. It presents a wide range of subject matter and an opportunity for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Geography, Civil Engineering, Urban Schools
Johnson, Pyke; John, Walton C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1921
This bulletin provides information on the proceedings of the regional conference on education for highway engineering and highway transport that was held at the University of Pittsburgh on November 26, 1920, under the direction of the highway and highway transport education committee. The purpose of this report is: (1) To stimulate greater…
Descriptors: Educational History, Civil Engineering, Engineering Education, Transportation
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties
Fox, Florence C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
The reorganization of the curriculum and the necessary assembling of proper materials of instruction attendant thereto are probably receiving more of the attention of educational leaders at the present moment than any other school problem. The Bureau of Education is endeavoring to be of assistance to those attempting a solution of this important…
Descriptors: Educational History, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Curriculum