The data presented in this bulletin were furnished, for the most part, by the various State departments of public instruction, on the Bureau of Education blanks. The statistics for Kansas and for Missouri were obtained entirely from printed State school reports, those for Iowa largely from printed reports, and those from Mississippi were obtained…

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…

It is now more than a hundred years since textbooks were first furnished free to the pupils of a public school in this country. The movement began in the administration of city schools and, generally speaking, was confined to cities for many years. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made provision for free textbooks in its public schools in 1818, and…

The matter presented in this circular relates to the military training of youths of school age, conducted either as a part of the regular school work or by independent agencies. Military instruction, of the exact nature and to the same extent as that given to soldiers, is not found in the schools of any country of Europe except the special…

The Educational Directory, 1919-20 is divided into seven distinct parts. Part 4, Special Schools, covers the following topic areas: (1) Superintendents of schools for the blind; (2) Superintendents of schools for the deaf (State schools; Private schools); and (3) Superintendents of schools for the feeble-minded (State schools; Private schools).…

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…

This bulletin has been prepared by the National Education Association's Committee on Salaries, Tenure, and Pensions in cooperation with the Bureau of Education. Its purpose is to show the extent of the teachers' pension movement in a brief and summary way, and to collect in convenient form pension legislation for public school-teachers in the…

Englewood, New Jersey, is a suburban residential city of about 12,000 inhabitants. In its vacant lots and back yards it has an abundance of land suitable for gardening. The garden clubs of the Englewood schools were organized during the summer of 1916 and were directed by the local board of education and the superintendent of schools through a…

This bulletin presents the report of an inquiry into the administration and support of the Colorado school system. It begins with a discussion of the state of Colorado and its educational system. Next, it presents a summary of the following recommendations: (1) recommendations relating to general administration; (2) recommendations concerning…

At the time of the twenty-second annual meeting of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, held in St. Louis, Missouri, March 23-24, 1917, authority was given the Commission on Secondary Schools to make a detailed comparative study of the data gathered that year from the accredited secondary schools. The commission has for…

Not long ago, children were passive recipients of what teachers and textbooks gave them. they read and heard about the earth, about the great changes produced on its surface through the activity of nature and man, about their people, their life and work and their adjustment to their environment, but no concrete experiences helped them to…

Finding that no comprehensive report of the extent to which music is taught in the schools of the several States and of the methods used in teaching had ever been made, the author was requested to make a thorough investigation of the subject for the Bureau of Education. This bulletin embodies the results of this study, giving with little comment,…

This bulletin presents tables in summarized form of the statistics of public and of private kindergartens in the various States. The detailed statistics, which are summarized in Tables 3 and 4 are given for individual cities and towns in the report on statistics of city school systems for 1919-20. This summarized report is prepared for the use of…

The present monograph has been "written with a view" to presenting in a simple and concise manner to the general educational public the most significant conclusions reached in the course of an extensive study of school finance, continued for several years and covering a number of states. Some of the data have been taken from bulletins of…

This bulletin shows how inadequate are the salaries of county superintendents in most States, if persons properly qualified for the position are to be obtained. It provides tables showing the salaries of county and other rural superintendents and of city superintendents in the 48 States. The salaries are those paid in January, 1917. Those of the…