During an investigation made to determine to what extent teachers in the United States had organized teachers' associations previous to the forming of the National Education Association, the American Lyceum was found to be the first educational institution, of which teachers were a part, having a program calculated to improve the educational…

This bulletin contains a selected, annotated, and classified bibliography of educational literature for the period January to March, 1932, inclusive. The bibliography includes significant publications in the field of education which have appeared during the quarter, having been selected by specialists in certain fields who are serving as…

The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection has recently pointed out how inadequately this country is providing educational opportunities for exceptional children. One-half million gifted children, another half million retarded children, three-quarters of a million children exhibiting serious behavior problems, three hundred thousand…

This bibliography, conceived as one of the earliest undertakings of the survey, does for the materials published from 1923 to 1931 what the Educational Finance Inquiry's bibliography did for the earlier years. Like the earlier bibliography, this one aims to stimulate school executives and research workers to progress in financing education. In a…

The Educational Directory is released in 4 parts as rapidly as the data become available: Part I, Principal State and county school officers and other educational directories; Part II, Principal city school officers and Catholic parochial school superintendents; Part III, Colleges and universities, including all institutions of higher education;…

One of the seven objectives of education adopted by the committee on the reorganization of secondary education was "worthy home membership." Adoption of this objective led to a reexamination of provisions for homemaking education. As a result, a number of regional conferences were held at which educational leaders and scientists in various fields…

Radio is a new force which science has placed in the hands of civilization. Its potential uses are so numerous and varied that it has captivated the imagination of the entire civilized world. As a means of diffusing entertainment and information over wide areas, broadcasting has no peer. Steadily it is breaking down the barriers of isolation,…

Despite the fact that the past two decades have witnessed the greatest exodus of Negroes from rural sections in the history of the race, the majority still live in the country. According to the 1930 census, more than two-thirds of the race reside in farming and non-farming rural areas. In 15 Southern States, it was found that of the 9,420,747…

The Office of Education presents herewith the sixth annual compilation of research studies in education, comprising masters' and doctors' theses and other investigations completed from 1931 to 1932. The last study was quite large (more than 450 pages). Consequently ways were sought of reducing this one. The result is that several mimeographed…

In every school system the education of mentally handicapped children presents serious problems. In the larger cities where such pupils may be gathered from the various classes in the school and placed in one room in charge of a specially prepared teacher, the problems are somewhat simplified. In the country schools where children cannot be so…

This bulletin presents a fundamental study of the social backgrounds of college freshmen in 33 colleges for Negro youth located in 17 states. The purpose of this study is to establish criteria and reveal trends with which local schools may compare their own student bodies; and to furnish a body of information which will be helpful in establishing…

"Education for the wise use of leisure time calls for a new look at use of school facilities. It calls for some new definitions of the role and function of the teacher. And it summons boards of education and parents to stop viewing extracurricular activities as fringe pastimes... Condensed from "The PTA Magazine, LXIV (October 1969) p.12-14.…

Condensed from "New York State Education. LVII (October 1969), p36-39. (AP)

Discussion of reasons behind student protest and suggestions for coping with these problems. Condensed from "American Education, V (October 1969), p. 4-5. (AP)

Condensed from "The Schools and the Challenge of Innovation, published by the Committee for Economic Development, New York City (1969), 110-125.