ANNUAL REPORTS

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1906

REPORT OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

Volume 1

WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1907

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1.

THE COMMISSIONER'S INTRODUCTION.

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Size of the report...

Synopsis of educational statistics of the year.

Education in Great Britain and Ireland..

Education in France....

The new Prussian school law of 1906.

Education in Italy.

Education in India.

Education in the Philippines.

Education in Cuba.

Education in Alaska..

City school systems...

Universities, colleges, and technological schools.

Agricultural and mechanical colleges..

Professional education..

Normal schools....

Secondary schools.

Manual and industrial training..

Commercial and business schools.

Schools for the training of professional nurses.

Schools for the colored race..

Reform schools....

Schools for the defective classes,

Recommendation..

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Publications of the United States Bureau of Education..

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CHAPTER 1.-EDUCATION IN CREAT BRITAIN AND IRELANI), 1904-1906.

Relations of the Government to educational institutions in Great Britain..

Statistical summary of schools and universities..

England and Wales--record of the year.

Higher elementary schools...

Detailed view of elementary education, England and Wales.

Universities of Great Britain and Ireland.

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CHAPTER II.-- EDUCATION IN FRANCE.

The State system of education.....

The law of separation in the light of historic antecedents.

Current and comparative statistics..

Departments of secondary and higher instruction.

Higher education..

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CHAPTER III.- THE NEW PRUSSIAN SCHOOL LAW OF 1906.

Memorable dates in the history of Prussian public elementary schools.

Introduction and historical review..

Law concerning the maintenance of public elementary schools in Prussia.

Extracts from the discussion in Parliament...

Opinions of the new school law expressed by professional educators in German cducational

journals and teachers' conventions..

Opinions of the American press..

Expenditures for public education in Prussia.

Attendance in Prussian elementary schools.

School supervision in Prussia....

Diagram illustrating schools of Prussia in 1901..

Men and women teachers in Prussia and other countries.

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