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Contributions Of The Dominican Sisters Of Grand Rapids, Michigan To The Education In New Mexico, Sister Maura Mcdonald O.P.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to present the data now available appertaining to the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in New Mexico and to evaluate their work in the light of improvements in the educational, economic, cultural, and social conditions of these various communities.

Status Of The Classroom Teacher In Taos County, New Mexico, Arthur Cadmus Davis

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation, as stated in the opening chapter, is to explore the status of the classroom teachers employed in Taos County, New Mexico. In the past five chapters an analysis of the data from those teachers participating has been made, averages computed, and tendencies noted.

A Study Of The Choice Of Level Of Occupation In Relation To Achievement On The New Mexico Statewide Test Of Academic Achievement., Mildred L. Pierce

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem studied in this thesis is the relation of the level of occupational choice to the level of achievement on a general scholarship test administered to high school seniors by the University of New Mexico in 1941.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Raton, New Mexico, Carson Creecy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educational literature is singularly lacking in studies of the actual development of typical school systems. This raises the question of whether such a study would be of any value as a contribution to educational literature. If the interest manifested by all school people who had a part in the preparation of this study can be used as a measure, then both an interest and a need are felt.

A Study Of The School Hot Lunch Program In New Mexico, Adolfo Pablo Chavez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the trends of the hot lunch project under the Federal Government sponsorship in certain schools of the State of New Mexico; (2) to show the relationship between warm well-balanced school lunches and such factors as attentiveness, scholarship, attendance, table manners, health attitudes, and physical growth; and (3) to reveal, through a questionnaire study the experiences of school systems of the state in connection with this project.

An Analysis Of The School Bond Transcript In New Mexico, M. E. Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to bring together all the laws pertaining to, or having a bearing on the issuance of school bonds, analyze them as to content, and recommend a transcript outline which should greatly simplify the legal procedures.

The Division Of Responsibility In The Financial Administration Of Municipal And Independent Schools In New Mexico, Horace P. Brunell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to learn as nearly as possible the different procedures followed in the handling of all fiscal items in the municipal schools of New Mexico; (2) to compare those procedures with those recommended by accepted present-day authorities upon financial phases of public school administration; and (3) to make such recommendations as may secure a greater degree of uniformity and increased efficiency in the field of fiscal procedure in the municipal schools of New Mexico.

History Of Education In Quay County, New Mexico, Willard W. Moon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

No comprehensive history of education in Quay County, New Mexico, has been written. Because of the diversity of interests, people of this section have devoted little time to gathering, organizing, and interpreting the materials of history. There must be soon come, however, an insistent demand for such movement. No people can afford to remain ignorant of its past life and the means by which its institution have grown. This study is limited to the educational institutions of what is now Quay County, New Mexico. It is the desire of the writer to portray the educational development as it is, and …

The History Of Education In San Saba County, Texas, Vernon Thomas

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem: It is the purpose of this study (1) to collect and preserve the records of those events, characters, and movements that have influenced the educational system of San Saba County, Texas, and have made the present system what it is and (2) to point out the weaknesses found in the school systems and offer recommendations for correcting them.

Delimitations of the problem: This study includes only the white schools of the county, as there were only 14 Negro scholastics in the county in August, 1880, and 43 such scholastics in the county in August, 1939. Most …

Early Schools Of Doña Ana County, James Victor Boyd

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Early Schools of Doña Ana County

A Survey Of The Need For A Program Of Safety Education In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Elizabeth Sherbino

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine whether a need for safety education exists in New Mexico. In order to determine this need two types of information have been secured: first, that pertaining to the kinds of safety measures that have been instituted in the state down to the present time; second, the numbers of accidents, deaths, and injuries. These last have been arranged into types of causes in order to show and to determine if possible what steps might be taken to reduce this number.

School Revenue From The Oil Industry Of Lea County, Jesse B. Harwell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study the following questions will be investigated:

1. What is the history of the oil industry in Lea County

2. What are the constitutional and statutory bases of school revenue from the oil industry in New Mexico?

3. What has been the annual income, both direct and indirect from the oil industry in Lea County in 1927 to the school year 1937-1938?

a. What percent of the state's total revenue for each of these years has been from the oil industry of Lea County?

4. Is the oil industry of Lea County producing a satisfactory portion of school …

Extracurricular Activities In The Private Catholic Secondary Schools Of New Mexico, Francisco Sotomayor

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem undertaken in this study deals with the present status of the extracurricular activities in the private Catholic secondary schools of the state of New Mexico. The specific phases investigated are: (A) the type of organization of the schools studied; (B) the training of teachers in these schools; (C) the students organizations--nature, enrollment, and frequency of meetings; (D) the administration of extracurricular activities; (E) the control of these activities; (F) the nature of the credit carried by the activities; (G) the basis for organization of extracurricular activities; and (H) the method of supervising these activities.

The History Of Catholic Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Louis Avant

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to turn back the pages of history to the dawn of the American occupation of New Mexico, with the subsequent arrival of the hero of Death Comes for the Archbishop, the Most Reverend J. B. Lamy, and to follow through, page by page, the unfolding drama of Catholic education to its climax in the inspired direction of that worthy successor of Lamy, the Most Reverend Rudolph Aloysius Gerken, D.D., present archbishop of Santa Fe.

A Study Of The Intra-County Distribution Of Certain Budgeted Current Expenditures In New Mexico Public Schools, George Rhyner Hunt

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the distribution of the county maintenance budgets among the school system of each county in relation to their respective educational needs as measured by the present formula used by the state at the present time for the same purpose. In this analysis it is proposed to consider only those items which represent more or less standard items of expense; items which should not be unduly affected by local conditions.

The County And City Superintendencies Of New Mexico: A Comparative Study, B.B. Mcalister

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is (1) to investigate the existing conditions in the county and municipal superintendencies of New Mexico with regard to study responsibility and financial responsibility, academic preparation and educational experience of the superintendents, salaries paid, opportunities of salary increases, turnover, term of contract, and opportunities offered by superintendents for advancement to more remunerative educational positions; (2) to compare the status of New Mexico superintendencies with that of other superintendencies of the United States and with the ideal status as recommended by authorities in the field of educational administration and supervision.

A Proposed Plan For The Reorganization Of The Rural Schools Seminole County, Oklahoma, In The Face Of Diminishing Revenues, Dale Rogers

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the Problem. It will be the purpose of this study to make a survey of the conditions existing in the schools of Seminole County, Oklahoma, at the present time, to make a survey of the conditions that existed before discovery of oil, to make as careful an analysis as possible of the existing factors which might show what conditions will exist in the future, and, from a consideration of these conditions, to formulate a proposed plan of organization that will enable these schools to continue to function at the present rate of efficiency after the revenue from oil …

Occupational Status Of High School Graduates, J. W. Drake

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In recent years there has been a feeling among some educators that the secondary school was failing to equip its graduates with any practical training, either as a preparation for courses of higher learning or for professions. One of the broad purposes of this study was to determine to what degree of the graduates of Fountain High School, Fountain, Colorado, have been able to cope with the economic and social conditions of life.

A Study Of The Teacher Placement Bureau Of The University Of New Mexico From 1929 To 1938, David H. Boyles

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In meeting the problem of securing qualified teachers in the past ten years New Mexico school administrators have shown a trend toward greater use of the institutional teacher placement bureaus. It is a purpose of this report to show to what extent the University is accepting the responbility of knowing the state's occupational needs, of selecting youth according to their abilities for fulfilling the varying needs, of aiding leaders in the field in making replacements and additions, of supplying adequate and proper preparation, of placing their graduates in positions, and of providing opportunities for their continued study and preparation.

A Study Of Non-Attendance In Miguel Hidalgo School Of Brawley, California, W. G. La Berge

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The majority of studies of non-attendance heve dealt with the entire student body of a school system where the pupils come from many racial or national groups with different economic, social, and cultural backgrounds. In studies where the same racial group was selected the physical environment or the social or economic status of the students differed widely. A wide field of study leaves many questions unanswered or problematical. It is the purpose of the author to confine this study to one racial group.

This is a study of non-attendance in Miguel Hidalgo elementary school where 95 per cent of the …

The Occupational Training Of High School Pupils, Helen Leona Thomas

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was (1) to consider the need of part-time occupational training for the youth of small communities; (2) to develop an interest and concern of the school authorities and citizens for the future of the youth; and (3) to present a part-time program of student training in the occupational setting for the small communities of Aztec and Farmington which will be valuable to students and business men.

Although the specific purpose of this report was to prepare a part-time cooperative training program for the small community, a consideration of other aspects of the problem must be …

Costs Of The Various Subject Fields In The High Schools Of Grady County, Oklahoma, Claude M. Welch

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to endeavor to answer these questions:

1. Which subjects cost most per student uni-credit?

2. Which subjects rank low in cost?

3. What is the relation between the size of the school according to average daily attendance and cost?

4. To which subjects is the larger portion of the total number of student hours devoted?

5. Which subjects are getting the largest share of the funds spent for education? Which are getting the least?

6. Are the subjects to which are devoted the largest portions of the total student hours also drawing the …

A Study Of Pupil Elimination In The Public High Schools Of San Juan County, New Mexico, Grace Barker Wilson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In view of the current interest in the elimination of pupils from the public schools, the question arises, can the schools justify themselves in seeking to hold the pupils longer. In a close search for some authoritative statements an overwhelming amount of theory was found, but almost nothing of really concrete import.

Trends In Rules And Regulations Governing School Building Construction In The United States, William Benjamin Castetter

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to provide a comparative basis in order to show trends in compulsory regulations governing school building construction in the United States.

A Study Guide For A Course In Senior High School Health, C. H. Robinson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Since the workbook is a comparatively recent development, it is advisable to give a comprehensive review of its inception, growth, and acceptance. Conservatives are inclined to look askance upon innovations in every field, and as this is particularly true in the field of education, widely differing opinions have been presented in my discussion of the problem.

Utilization Of High School Buildings In Socorro County, New Mexico, Rufus M. Stinnett

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It was the purpose of this study (1) to measure the utilization of the high school buildings of Socorro County, New Mexico by the standards set up in the procedure of this study; (2) to show the relation between the capacity of the high school buildings and the actual utilization when measured by the standards set forth in this study; and (3) to show when an old building or poorly constructed building is no longer satisfying the needs of housing the school children in that particular community.

New Mexico State Common School Funds Sources And Distribution, Zebedeo Garcia

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to reveal how the present system of financing the common schools in New Mexico operates by pointing out the sources of revenue and by showing how the various funds for the maintenance of public common schools are distributed. Due consideration will be given to the operation of the present equalization law. An attempt will also be made to answer the much discussed question of whether or not this law penalizes those counties having the highest ratios of tax levy.

A Study Of The Extension Division Of The University Of New Mexico, With Emphasis On The Period 1928-1938, W. Barnie Caton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The first ten year period in the history of the Extension Division of the University of New Mexico ended in September, 1938. This study is an attempt to examine the available data and present accurate information concerning the activities of the division over this first ten-year period in light of the two objectives set forth by the division. These objectives are: ample opportunity for all who are interested in doing credit work by extension to do so, and general stimulation of and opportunity for personal improvement study off-campus.

A Comparative Study Of Certain Objective Factors Of The Protestant And The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Glen F. Mccracken

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The first high schools in America and in New Mexico were conducted by the churches. These high schools were pioneers in educational thought and progress until recent years. Public High schools have made much progress in New Mexico the last quarter of a century. Not only have the public high schools improved in the quality of work they are doing, but they have increased in number until there are high schools in almost every section of New Mexico. This improvement has caused many people who were at one time ardent supporters of Protestant schools to question the advisability of these …

The Work Of Personnel Deans Of Women In The Higher Educational Institutions Of New Mexico, Mabel Tracy Haggard

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In recent years there has been an increasing specialization of function in college organization. However, the duties of the position of dean of women are not always adequately defined. There are certain standards and ideals common to all colleges but in each college there exist different needs. It is the purpose of this study (1) to record specific conditions each dean of women in a higher educational institution in New Mexico is meeting on her own campus, (2) to discover the duties more or less similar in all institutions, and (3) finally, in the light of certain standards set down …