Within recent years there has been an extensive discussion of the relation of secondary to higher education and of the high school to the college. With an increase in the number of high schools and high-school students, and with the awakened desire for a greater economy in education and more definite standards, this relation has become still more…

The importance of instruction in the use of books, bibliography, and library economy is recognized by institutions of higher education in the United States. In many of the universities, colleges, and normal schools of the country prescribed courses are given in the book arts and bibliography. To obtain statistical and other data relating to "book…

The matter of the preparation of teachers for the schools of this country is of so great importance that any information which may contribute to the knowledge of the most effective ways of doing it is eagerly sought by those directly interested in the subject. The example of methods used in other countries is especially helpful. For this reason;…

In America, the home is the most important of all institutions. In the home, children receive the most important part of their education. It is there that physical, mental, and moral health is established. The experiences of home constitute the raw material of education. The character and the teaching, conscious or unconscious, of the home…

While American education is exclusively under the direction of the individual States, so that its organization and administration are determined by their school laws, the Federal Government has in certain limited ways concerned itself with education. Education for the home has specifically been aided: (a) by the Federal legislation which…

In this portion of the report, there are presented statements showing how instruction in home economics is organized in various colleges and universities, such as the University of Chicago, with its department of household administration as a division of the university, and in addition in its, school of education a department of home economics and…

Part I of the report on "Education for the Home" (Bulletin 1914, No. 36) consisted of an introduction and summary for the investigation together with a list of equipment for household arts instruction; Part II (Bulletin, 1914, No. 37) described in detail education for the home in respect to State legislation, elementary schools, high schools,…

Girard College was founded and endowed by Stephen Girard, mariner and merchant, a native of France, who came to Philadelphia in 1776. After a long life of service to his adopted city, State, and country, he died in 1831, leaving the bulk of his estate in trust to the city of Philadelphia for the erection and maintenance of what is now known as…

This bulletin contains a monthly record of current educational publications received by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, etc., intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. This bulletin contains the following: (1) Introductory notes; (2)…

This bulletin contains monthly records of current educational publications received by the Library Division of the Bureau of Education. Books, pamphlets, etc., intended for inclusion in this record should be sent to the library of the Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. This bulletin contains the following: (1) Introductory notes; (2)…

This 1914-1915 educational directory published by the United States Bureau of Education covers the following categories: (1) Officers of the United States Bureau of Education; (2) Principal State school officers; (3) Officers of State boards of education; (4) Executive officers of State library commissions; (5) Superintendents in cities and towns…

With the increase of interest in the rural public schools in all the States has come a desire for more effective rural school administration, to the ends that there may be a more economic use of school funds and that all children may have opportunities, both better and more nearly equal, to gain the preparation for life required by more rural…

The International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics created by the International Congress of Mathematics at Rome, Italy, in 1908, submitted a large body of reports to the congress at Cambridge, England, in 1912. Those for the United States have been published as bulletins for the Bureau of Education. The material in this bulletin shows…

The value of school savings banks is widely recognized. School saving develops the child's individuality and self-responsibility, causing them to consider the earning value of money, and to understand it as a comfort factor and a power for good. The following topics relating to school savings banks are discussed in this bulletin: (1)…

The general shop is a form of instructional organization for offering work in a variety of shop activities. It is an outgrowth of the general recognition of the need for provision in the school curriculum of exploratory and developmental types of experiences for children of approximately the junior high school age. It also meets an outstanding…