THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Created as a Department March 2, 1867, Made an Office of the Interior Department July 1, 1869. COMMISSIONERS. HENRY BARNARD, LL.D., JOHN EATON, Ph. D., LL. D., September 12, 1889, to June 30, 1906. July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1911. PHILANDER PRIESTLEY CLAXTON, LITT. D., LL. D., July 8, 1911, to date. II CHAPTER I.--GENERAL SURVEY OF EDUCATION, 1914. Enrollment, school population, and length of term. Vocational courses in high schools.. Teacher training in high schools. College departments of education. The States and industrial education.. Education for special classes of children. Educational literature of the year. Extensicn of the scope of public education... Adaptation of schools to the varying capacities and needs of the school population... Centralization of control, or the development of the larger unit of administration. |