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Burris, William Paxton – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
For several years the public schools of the city of Gary, Indiana, have attracted the attention of educators, and teachers and school officers have come from all parts of this country and from abroad to study them. In 1912, Dr. Harlan Updegraff, at that time Chief of the Division of School Administration, prepared a comprehensive account of Gary,…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Public Schools, Year Round Schools, Urban Schools
Randall, J. L. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1917
The purpose of this study was to collect facts and figures on the cost of vegetable foods to city families, the possibilities of raising much of this food in the city, and the educational value of garden training to the people, especially the children, of the city of Richmond, Indiana. Although located in the center of a farming region, the prices…
Descriptors: Science Education, Costs, Gardening, Family Income