The bulletin comprises a general survey in bibliographic form of current educational literature, domestic and foreign, received during the monthly period preceding the date of publication of each issue. This office can not supply the publications listed in this bulletin, other than those expressly designated as publications of the Bureau of…

In 1930 a number of organizations interested in teacher preparation asked for a survey by the Federal Government in order to secure usable information applicable to the larger problems of teacher education. Congress subsequently appropriated funds for this investigation, and the survey extended from July 1, 1930 to June 30, 1933. The first section…

The publication each 2 years by the Office of Education of a statistical report dealing with the institutions of higher education leads an occasional reader to a misconception of the Federal Government's relation to higher education. There is no national system of higher education in this country. Except for the 69 land-grant colleges and…

This 1927 bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of current educational publications received by the library of the Bureau of Education to January 1, 1927, in the following subject areas: (1) Educational history and biography; (2) Current educational conditions; (3) International aspects of education; (4) Educational theory and…

This bulletin discusses public education in the cities of the United States. Part I, Larger Cities, includes the following sections: (1) Introductory; (2) Americanization; (3) Elimination of German and the teaching of foreign languages; (4) Junior high schools; (5) Vocational education; (6) The Gary School; (7) Military training in the schools;…

This bulletin contains a classified and annotated list of about 500 publications issued by the U.S. Office of Education through October 1961, including recent editions of annual surveys which, since the academic year 1869-70, have become traditional publications of the Office of Education, providing data and forecasts concerning finances,…

The report presents data and discussion on U.S. education across sectors, as well as the work of the Office of Education. Among topics covered are education-equalization programs, including desegregation assistance, civil rights advisory services, education of disadvantaged children, grants to local education agencies, migrant children, neglected…

This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1935 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. The Commissioner's portion of this report is divided into three sections. The first section discusses: (1) Educational Adjustments (Administrative Changes and Adaptations Growing Out of Present…

Influential historic documents in American education are presented in Chapter I, including legislation, land grants for common schools and universities and for agricultural and mechanical colleges, Bureau of Education role, early discussion on establishing a national university, and state constitutions' education provisions. Also included are the…

Volume 2 begins with discussion of Hopkins Grammar School history, Greek language issues, and Justin S. Morrill's legislative career. Miscellaneous topics cover Indian Territory, backward children in public schools, U.S. engineering education, Christian Brothers schools founder St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle, public library development, Delft's…

This book, which focuses on how personality, societal values and politics have influenced the mission of adult education, contains 34 papers originally presented at a 2000 conference on the history of adult education. Following a Foreword (Poggeler) and Preface (Nemeth) the papers are: "The Globalization of Adult Education and the One World…

Adult education for indigenous peoples in Canada was examined. First, information on government institutions, indigenous organizations, international agencies, and nongovernmental organizations engaged in adult education for Canada's indigenous peoples was compiled. Next, questionnaires and survey techniques were used to research the policy and…

Adult learning in Norway was examined in a thematic review that focused on the following areas: the contexts of adult learning; the participants in, providers of, and returns from adult learning; issues and problems facing adult learning; and good practices. The following are among the main findings of the review: (1) adult learning has a long…

This publication contains a sample of the 44 indicators in "The Condition of Education 2003." The indicators in this publication are numbered sequentially, rather than according to their numbers in the complete edition. The Contents page offers a cross reference between the two publications. Since 1870, the federal government has…

The present index, covering the nine issues of the monthly record of current educational publications from February, 1914, to January, 1915, inclusive, is designed to equip the series for use as an annual bibliography of education for 1914. During the period named the record was published each month, with the exception of June, July, and August,…