Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1939 [Report of the Commissioner of Education]

Overview & Synopsis

This Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1939 includes the annual report from the Commissioner of Education. In the Commissioner's portion of this report, the following topics are covered: (1) Introduction (Reorganization; Record of Effort and Progress; and First Time Suitably Housed); (2) The Educational Situation (Elementary and Secondary Schools; Higher Education; and Library Service); (3) Some Major Projects (State Programs Studied; International Intellectual Cooperation; Interamerican Understanding; Planning with State Department; and Assistance to Foreign Students); (4) Adult Civic Education Forums; (5) Cooperation with Public Service Groups; (6) Educational Broadcasting (Educational Radio Script Exchange and The Federal Radio Education Committee); (7) Improvement of National Statistics; (8) Division Reports (American School Systems Division; Higher Education Division; Comparative Education Division; Special Problems Division; Statistical Division; Library Service Division; The Library; Editorial Division; All Divisions; Health and Physical Education; Industrial Arts; and Tests and Measurement); (9) Vocational Education (New Service Organized; Vocational Education Problems; Integration in Vocational Education; The Federal Advisory Board; Advisory Committees; Growth of Vocational Education; Cooperative Services to the States; Agricultural Education; Trade and Industrial Education; Home Economics Education; Business Education; Occupational Information and Guidance; Consulting Services; Cooperation with Other Agencies; Research Activities; New Developments; and Appropriations, 1939 and 1940); (10) Vocational Rehabilitation (Improvement and Expansion; Different Services; Correlation with Other Services; and Appropriations, 1939 and 1940); (11) Educational Activities in C. C. C. Camps; and (12) Office of Education Publications--All Divisions. [The Commission of Education's annual report is on pages 101-170.]