Report of the Commissioner of Education. 1871

Overview & Synopsis

This report provides abstracts of official reports from state, territorial, and city school officers. The appendices give information and statistics on Indian education; education conventions and institutes; national science schools; education for the blind; education for the deaf and dumb; foreign education; German education; women's educational progress; Cooper Union; artisan education; kindergarten objectives; music education; the relationship between education and insanity; the relationship between education and crime; and the press as an educator. General school statistics cover census statistics; school statistics; school finance; cities; normal schools; commercial and business schools; secondary education institutions; U.S. Military and U.S. Naval Academies' appointments, examinations, and projections; colleges; scientific, agricultural, theological, legal, and medical, dental, and pharmaceutical education institutions; major U.S. libraries; institutions for the deaf and dumb, and for the blind; asylums for idiots; a summary of unfortunates; inebriate asylums; educational benefactions; education costs in the states, and in the cities; reformatory and prison statistics; city superintendent reports; and education publications. [This report is part of Vol. 2 of the Secretary of the Interior's report to Congress.]