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Desirability Of State-Adopted Textbooks For New Mexico High Schools, Reb Leroy Villard

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is possible that uniformity of textbooks might tend to simplify the matter of supervision but there are other educational factors which should be attempted. It appears reasonable, therefore, to attempt to answer this question: Would uniform state-adopted textbooks for high schools of New Mexico be desirable from an educational and practical point of view?

To present an answer to the above question is the main purpose of the present investigation. Answers to the following three specific questions would seem to furnish a substantial basis for answering the principal question indicated: (1) What is the opinion of leaders in the …

Fire Insurance Practices And Economies On Public School Buildings Of Curry County, New Mexico, James Mcdonald Bickley

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1. What are present practices in Curry County with reference to insurance on public school buildings, and, especially, to what extent is the sound net insurable value taken into consideration when determining the amount of insurance to be carried? 2. What are the relative merits of flat rate insurance and coinsurance, the two forms of insurance now in use on Curry County school buildings? 3. By what defensible methods can insurance rates on public school buildings of Curry County be reduced?

Analysis And Evaluation Of State Retirement Systems For Teachers, Including A Study Of Trends, John A. Huff

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The purpose of this study is to present data which would be helpful to those who are confronted with the problem of drafting a state retirement system for teachers. Information will be presented showing present practices and trends in state retirement systems for teachers, and to point out the strong and weak points of the system now in operation.

School Enrollment In New Mexico Including Comparisons Of School Enrollment In New Mexico With The In The United States And Certain States, Richard Arnold Bruce

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The purpose of this investigation is to study school enrollment in New Mexico. In addition to analyzing school enrollment in the state from 1850 to 1930, inclusive, comparisons of enrollment in the several counties of New Mexico are made; and school enrollment in New Mexico is compared with that in the United States as a whole, the Rocky Mountain States, and certain Southwestern States.

Comparison Of The Legal Status Of County School Superintendents And City School Superintendents, With Emphasis Upon Superintendents Of New Mexico, John L. Gill

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It is the purpose of this study to determine the legal status which has been accorded to city school superintendents and county school superintendents in the several states, to compare the status of one with that of the other, and to evaluate each in the light of the recommendations of authorities in educational administration. Emphasis will be placed upon the provisions of the New Mexico Statutes relative to the status of county school superintendents and city school superintendents.

New Mexico School Laws, E.L. Enloe

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In this thesis I have arranged the laws under the departments of statutory, constitutional, institutional and organic laws. After each department will be found an index arranged topically and analytically. The laws governing the state educational institutions are separately arranged and carefully indexed. I have also appended and indexed supreme court opinions upon all litigated matters of school law.

New Mexico Schools From 1581 To 1846, Rufus Atwood Palm Jr.

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The purpose of this thesis, accordingly, is to collect and arrange the most authentic information available, from secondary sources, on the schools of New Mexico during the Spanish and the Mexican administration, 1581 to 1821 and 1821 to 1846 respectively.

Particular effort will be made to trace the establishment and the progress of the schools during these periods and to determine the methods of maintenance, as well as the nature of the schools. Also, an attempt will be made to determine to what extent education in New Mexico was of a religious nature and linked with the history of the …

The Place Of Private And Church Schools In The Education Of The State, Anna Elizabeth Falls

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In considering the relation of the private, parochial and denominational schools to the education of the State, it is well to bear in mind Sargent's statement that in that last analysis there is no such thing as a private school; that all schools are doing a public work, the work of the community in educating prospective citizens. It is this fact, that education in our American democracy has for its aim the making of a progressive and stable nation through efficiently trained citizens, each in his individual capacity and through his individual interests, that makes the problem of education difficult …

Report Of The Belen, New Mexico School Survey, Vernon C. Tolle

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The purpose of this thesis is to compare the Belen Schools in general with other schools of the State and with accepted educational principles and standards.

Analysis Of New Mexico State School Laws, John Seyfried

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The analysis that follows does not purport to do what only a state-wide survey could properly do, that is, treat fully and minutely the New Mexico public school situation. The real intent is to occasion serious thought on the larger problems of the way for an expert state survey, preliminary to more constructive action. The extent that school problems may be treated herein is limited by the fact that only such time, effort, and other resources were at the writer’s disposal as are commonly available in the preparation of a thesis to be submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements …