Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1896 - Education |
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... authorities of most German States publish summaries of school statistics only at intervals of three or more years ; the last one of Prussia received was published in the year 1891. The official statements were used in the reports of ...
... authorities of most German States publish summaries of school statistics only at intervals of three or more years ; the last one of Prussia received was published in the year 1891. The official statements were used in the reports of ...
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... authorities that women are particularly well fitted for the teaching of primary grades . Various other points of interest may be left unnoticed in this introduction . The author mentions , however , the great discrepancy in the expendi ...
... authorities that women are particularly well fitted for the teaching of primary grades . Various other points of interest may be left unnoticed in this introduction . The author mentions , however , the great discrepancy in the expendi ...
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... authorities have to deal in their efforts to educate a people of which only 79.89 per cent are Russians ; 8.11 per cent belong to the Aryan races from the East ; 2.67 per cent to the Semitic races ; 9.17 per cent to the Finnish and ...
... authorities have to deal in their efforts to educate a people of which only 79.89 per cent are Russians ; 8.11 per cent belong to the Aryan races from the East ; 2.67 per cent to the Semitic races ; 9.17 per cent to the Finnish and ...
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... authorities do not as yet favor the giving of sub- sidies to coeducational institutions . The benefits of education have been brought within the reach of the humblest peasant in Finland , and the comparative prosperity of the peo- ple ...
... authorities do not as yet favor the giving of sub- sidies to coeducational institutions . The benefits of education have been brought within the reach of the humblest peasant in Finland , and the comparative prosperity of the peo- ple ...
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... authorities ; gymnastics is obligatory for both sexes in institutions of all grades , and school children are taught to swim , to skate , to ride bicycles , etc. In my report for 1892-93 I included a chapter on child study ( Vol . I ...
... authorities ; gymnastics is obligatory for both sexes in institutions of all grades , and school children are taught to swim , to skate , to ride bicycles , etc. In my report for 1892-93 I included a chapter on child study ( Vol . I ...
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