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A Seven Year Survey Of Teacher Turnover In Cumberland County, Illinois Under The Community Unit System, Walter L. Scott

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Handbook To Aid In The Control And Coordination Of The Athletic Program For The Moses Lake Schools, Moses Lake, Washington, James Talmage Adamson

All Master's Theses

As athletic director of the Moses Lake school system, it has been this writer's responsibility to organize, coordinate and conduct the athletic program. Moses Lake has been undergoing a period of tremendous growth, which has resulted in an increase of student enrollment and the necessity of increasing the athletic program. To effectively operate a good program under this condition, it has become necessary to establish some method which will serve the following purposes: (1) the dissemination of information concerning the athletic program for coaches, administrators, teachers, students and parents; (2) the clarification of athletic philosophy, duties, standards and regulations; (3) …

A Proposed Guidance Program For Drakesboro Consolidated School, Ovid Arnold

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to show the need for and determine a basis for a guidance program. "Guidance is a means of helping individuals to understand and use wisely the educational, vocational, and personal potentialities and opportunities which they have or can develop."¹

Why do we need a guidance program? Who can be benefited by it? First, our teachers need the services of a guidance program in order that they may know more about their pupils, -- their abilities and interests as well as their weaknesses. Information about the pupil's background, the different schools he has attended, …

A Study Of The High School Graduates Of Bullitt County, Kentucky, Thomas S. Jeffries

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

With the advent of the free public high school, there has been a thirty-fold increase in secondary school enrollment in the last fifty years. If we are to maintain and improve the quality of our democracy, it is essential that education have the primary purpose of meeting the needs of these students. “Consequently, the school program must be planned in terms of pupil needs and in relation to goals that are important to the students themselves. Activities and experiences must be provided which afford practice in all areas of democratic living, which are aimed at the improvement of life in …

A Study Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Bullitt County Schools, Raymond Terry

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The following are the things the writer hopes to accomplish by this study:

I. Find the number of eighth grade graduates of the Bullitt County Schools over a four-year period (from 1948 to 1953):

• a. That entered high school
• b. That did not enter high school.
• c. That completed one, two or three years of high school.
• d. That completed high school.
• e. That married, died, etc. before entering or completing high school.

II. Find age of graduation from the eighth grade.

III. Compare the number of eighth grade failures in a non-consolidated school with those of a consolidated school. …

A Student Handbook Developed For Use In The Rossville Community High School, William H. Tate

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Public Relations In The Small High School, Roland Bernard Wickiser

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Public Relations In The East Richland Junior High School, William T. Hatch

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Building A Curriculum For The Rineyville School, H. L. Perkins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

I shall approach this study, both from a survey of the vocation that the students have followed when out of school, and by what they have recommended to be offered in high school. By listing the subjects most needed when out in life, and also a list of the subjects that they would take, should they have their high school days to go over again, should help us to determine just what curriculum to offer.

Reorganization Of Taylor County Schools, Loneta Sublett

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine how Taylor County as a unit can best provide equal educational opportunities for the 2,417 boys and girls who are, or should be enrolled in the elementary and secondary schools within the county, and as a result propose reorganization and make general recommendations.

A Survey Of The High School Business Departments Of Iroquois County, Danville, Hoopeston, And Kankakee, Paul R. Byers

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Inquiry Into The Current Practices In Reporting Pupil Progress In Elementary Schools, Jean Farris Ikemire

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Philosophy Of Education As It Influences The Elementary Building Program, Loren Eugene Klaus

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Public School System Of Monroe County, William Goad

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The specific aims of the study are:

1. To survey the schools in Monroe County - the one-room rural schools, the two-teacher schools and the consolidated schools.
2. To show the percentage of attendance and percentage of failure in different schools and the cost per pupil attending.
3. To show the relation between teachers qualifications and teachers pay.
4. To study the transportation system; figuring the cost per pupil per mile.
5. To make general recommendations based on data obtained.

A Plan Of Supervision For Todd County Elementary Schools, Thelma Lyon

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem presented in "A Plan of Supervision for Todd County Elementary Schools" deals primarily with an attempt:

1. To present a plan of supervision.
2. To ascertain a means of evaluating supervision.

Improvement Of Todd County Schools In Action, Virginia Hightower

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The object of this survey has been to give an honest, fair and unbiased statement based on the actual conditions in the schools of Todd County, Kentucky. This survey shows the improvements that have been made in the system from July 1, 1934 to the present time. This does not include the Independent Districts of Trenton, Todd County, Kentucky, which is in the southwest section of the county.

School Transportation In Barren County, Kentucky, Giles Williams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to trace the development of school transportation in Barren County both educationally and financially in order to explain the present facing the school system and to seek possible solutions to these problems.

Reporting To The Parents The Progress Of Children In The Elementary School, Paul Raymond Beauchamp

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Problems Of Attendance In The Elementary School, Keith E. Haskins

All Master's Theses

Although education is essentially a state function, the very nature of school attendance makes it primarily a local administrative problem. Therefore, the purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To explore certain problems of pupil attendance on the elementary school level. 2. To identify and study problems which directly affect school attendance adversely. 3. To discover possible administrative policies which might be used in the improvement of school attendance.

A Study Of The Cost Of Providing Substantially Equal Educational Facilities For Segregated Whites And Negro School Children In Arkansas, Edgar Alan Morris

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

An recent years, Negro patrons in several Arkansas school districts have appealed to the courts in efforts to get better educational facilities for their children, and the courts have ordered a substantially equal expenditure for the two races. Other suits of similar intent are now pending and still others are threatened.

From the foregoing it is apparent (1) that inequalities in educational facilities are not new in Arkansas and that the policies of the local school boards must be responsible; and (2) that the problem is centered in the local districts having mixed populations and that the disparity must be …

A Proposed Program Of Accounting For Extracurricular Activity Funds In Kentucky Schools, Samuel Alexander

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of the Problem - The problem of accounting for the funds raised by the various extracurricular activities of a school has been stated by many students of the problem. These writers have dealt principally with the problem of prudent management and control of these funds. The principle of prudence cannot be overlooked in any study of these funds, but closely associated with the principle of prudence are the principles of adaptability and flexibility. The accounting system used should be flexible enough to meet the needs of the student body at any one time and should be of such nature …

A Comparative Study Of Barren County Schools 1938-1950, David Montgomery

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study shows that the school census is dropping rapidly in rural areas. It must be remembered that with the introduction of more labor saving farm machinery and the consolidation of small farms that the end is not in sight.

A greater percentage of children are enrolled in our schools. The percentage of attendance is higher and will continue to slowly improve. As consolidation of small schools progresses, school plants and physical equipment will improve.

Over one-half of the children in average daily attendance are transported. Percentage of enrollment and percentage of attendance are much better in the transported group. …

A Study Of The Eighth Grade Graduates & High School Attendance Of The Larue County Schools, Willis Borden

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The tabulated data used in this study were selected from the files of the superintendent of LaRue County schools.

The teacher's register of attendance for Kentucky schools from 1947 to 1951 were used to determine the eighth grade graduates of that period. Other data were furnished by the high school principals concerning the failures, promotions, and eliminations in their schools.

The purpose of this thesis is to ascertain the reasons for eighth grade graduates not entering high school and the number of years the eighth grade graduates who entered high school remained in membership. The years considered are 1947 to …

Factors Affecting The Enrollments At Douglass High School From 1932-1951, Joseph Autumn Slash

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

The nation's leading educators have been asking for help in the education of the youth of this great country of ours. They have asked that more teachers be trained for this great task. Larger buildings are needed to take care of the larger enrollments. Leading magazines and newspapers have taken up this cry for help. Magazines tell of cities where pupils must attend school for only a half day. The enrollments are distributed so that half of the students attend school in the morning and the other half in the evening. Education is being brought to many more millions of …

A Survey Of The Forms Used In The Organization And Administration Of Off-Campus Student Teaching In Business Education In The Public High Schools Of The United States, Fredrick Donald Luallen

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Proposed Merger Of The Hopkins County School System & The Madisonville Independent School System, Lewis Good

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is planned to determine the conditions in the Hopkins County Schools, and show how a remedial program was set up by the Hopkins County Board of Education to meet the challenges of modern school needs. There is much to be done and no one is more cognizant of this fact than the writer. It will take a great deal of patience, time and money to bring the program as planned to a successful conclusion.

A Study Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Barren County Schools, Lenis Reece

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this survey is to help determine how many children are dropping out of school each year and why. One objective is to see what can be done to help the holding power of the schools in Barren County and to continue its growth.

A Survey Of The Bullitt County School System, J. O. Ward

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis on a survey of the school system of Bullitt County is being made for the purpose of recommending consolidation of the high schools and of larger grade centers.

Today's Junior High School, William R. Oliver

All Master's Theses

The writing of this paper provides a means for the survey of the principles of organization and the ways of meeting the needs of junior high school students. It is the intention of this paper to present the functions, the principles and the methods of instruction prevalent in the junior high school.

The Use Of Clerical, Intelligence, And Personality Tests For Guidance Purposes In Shorthand I, Typewriting I, And Office Machines, Charles Clinton Green

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to find a test or combination of tests in the areas of intelligence, clerical ability, and personality that could, for prognostic purposes, be relied upon as a tool to aid in a counseling situation for students desiring to enroll in shorthand I, typewriting I, or office machines. Three well-known, standardized tests were used in the investigation. Juniors and Seniors of the Labette County Community High School at Altamont, Kansas enrolled in the subjects mentioned made up the experimental group. The tests were administered and the correlations of the results determined. In addition to the …