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Study Of Non-Enrollment & Absences In Kentucky, Mitchell Davis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

During the school year 1944-45, the Division of Census and. Attendance of the Kentucky State Department of Education attempted to find the answer to two very important and timely questions concerning school enrollment and attendance in the state. These two questions were first, 'Why do children fail to enroll in school?" and second, 'Why do children fail to attend regularly after they do enroll?"

Survey forms were prepared and sent to all of the 257 school districts in the state, calling for the number of census children by age, grade, sex and race not enrolled in school and why they …

Reorganization Of Spencer County, Kentucky School System, C. L. Francis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To study present school system of Spencer County and to devise a plan of reorganization of present system in order to provide a well rounded educational opportunity for the boys and girls of Spencer County, Kentucky. The consideration of this problem are:

1. Comparison of teacher qualifications in the types of schools.
2. Computation of enrollment, average daily attendance of the various types of schools.
3. Determination cost per pupil and total cost of operation of present school system and reorganized school system as salary of teacher, maintenance, transportation and needed buildings.
4. Provision for free transportation of all high school pupils.

A Study Of The Ability Of Kentucky High School Districts To Fulfill The Requirements Of The Health & Physical Education Code, William Solley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This investigation is intended to determine just how effective the compulsory Health and Physical Education Code, which is to go into force in every high school in the state of Kentucky at the beginning of the 1948-49 school year, will be, and to discover the actual conditions of these schools in regard to establishing or maintaining a program that will fulfill the requirements of the Code.

A Proposed Plan For Handling The Activities Fund In The High Schools Of Kansas, Carl Frederick Gump

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The problem was (1) to make a comparative study of the systems used for handling the activities fund in a selected group of high schools in Kansas; (2) to discover who handles the activities fund, the forms used and records kept by the activities fund treasurer, and what method of checking is used between the activities fund treasurer and the organization treasurers; (3) to establish criteria for evaluating the systems of record keeping and forms used; (4) to propose and recommend a system which will fulfill the requirements to the evaluative criteria. A questionnaire was used to secure data to …

The Status Of The City Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, John Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present problem is fivefold:

1. To determine the status of Kentucky city school superintendents with reference to professional training, educational experience and tenure.
2. To determine the facts regarding the financial support and compensation and economic status of Kentucky city school superintendents.
3. To determine the social and professional status, as shown by the facts gathered, and the activities in which the superintendents engage.
4. To determine the status of the city superintendents with reference to their powers and duties granted by the boards of education.
5. To compare the status of the city superintendents of twelve years ago with that of the present …

A Proposed Reorganization Of The School System For Barren County, Kentucky, Nathaniel Burks

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is planned to determine the conditions in the Barren County Schools, and to set up a remedial program to enable the Barren 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 and time and money to bring the program to a successful conclusion. Barren County is able to bear a fair share of the growing financial load in having good schools, but Barren County must be educated to her …

Reorganization Of Russell County's Schools, Luther Wilson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to deal with some undesirable conditions which could be corrected. Why should two small high schools exist with only seven miles separating them? Why should classes composed of fewer than ten students be taught, when the same students could be taught in larger groups, through consolidation without inconvenience to anyone? Why should 173 adolescents of Russell County eligible for high school not attend school? Why should teachers of two high schools in Russell County work in overcrowded buildings when they could work under better conditions. These are some of the problems which confront the …

A Program Of County Attendance Improvement, Robert Edwards

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study deals with a proposed county plan for the improvement of attendance in the State of Kentucky.

IN the consideration of this problem there are four considerations:

1. A county attendance program with definite objectives must be set up.

2. There must be cooperation between the attendance office and other school officials.

3. An individual school program must be set up.

4. Accounts records of school census and attendance are necessary in order that the problem may be solved.

A Study Of The Public School System Of Nelson County, Earl Huber

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Only seven years more than one hundred years ago, 1838, Kentucky’s public school system was established. Few Kentuckians conceived of a state-wide public school system. Many of the citizens were conservative and inclined to look upon a scheme of public education with doubt and disfavor; they were accustomed to the traditional plan of private education. In Nelson County, as in the rest of Kentucky, the early sponsors of public education were confronted with the problem of building sentiment for such a public service. Their task was one of establishing schools. Their chief goal was one of providing a school service, …

The Status Of The High School Principals In Kentucky, Oscar Lovan

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present problem is threefold:

1. To determine the status of Kentucky high school principals with reference to the size of the system in which they work, their professional training, and their experience.
2. To determine the status of the Kentucky high school principals from the facts presented with reference to their duties and activities.
3. To determine the status of Kentucky high school principals with reference to their earnings and to make a comparison with the earnings of the classroom teachers.

A Program Of Improvement For Union County Kentucky Schools, Thomas Fortenbery

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem presented in a Program of Improvement for Union County Schools deals primarily with future school buildings. The problem is threefold:

1. The location of future school buildings must be determined in the light of population trends and economic developments.
2. The size of the buildings must be determined.
3. A plan to finance the program must be developed.

An Improved Program For The Equalization Of Educational Opportunity In Kentucky, Hubert Wilkey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The one purpose of this study has been to produce a program for the improvement of Kentucky's effort to equalize the opportunities for education throughout the commonwealth. As a means of accomplishing this purpose investigations have been the following:

1. Other state plans for meeting this problem of equalization.
2. Kentucky's present plan and the inequalities that still exist.
3. The factors that must be considered in an equalization program for Kentucky.

A Proposed School System For Hart County, Kentucky, James Dodson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to propose for Hart County a school system that will come nearer meeting the standards of a good educational system than the one now in use. It is by no means expected that this proposed system will be perfect and the writer fully realizes that oftentimes a scheme on paper will not work out so well when actually put into practice. However, being acquainted with the amount of money available, the geographic and economic conditions, and the roads of the county it is believed that this is the best that can be done under …

A Study Of Student Participation In School Government And Activities In Louisville Junior High School And Louisville Girls High School., Margaret S. Bennett

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1938.

An Analysis Of Available Forms Of Athletic Insurance And Suggestions For Accident Insurance For Kansas High School Athletes, Lloyd William Cole

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This investigation was undertakes to determine: (1) the insurance companies that issue policies which guarantee adequate protection to high school athletic teams, (2) the state athletic associations that have worked out or adopted plans that give satisfactory protection to high school competitors. Letters were sent to a number of insurance companies and state athletic associations to obtain information concerning their plans for compensation of athletic accidents. The policies of four insurance companies—Central Assurance Company, Columbus, Ohio; Income Guaranty Company, South Bend, Indiana; Sportsman Mutual Assurance Company, Washington, D.C.; Travelers Mutual Casualty Company—and the plans of three state athletic associations—Wisconsin, New …

Present Practices & Methods Of Supervising Student Teachers In Industrial Arts, Walter Nalbach

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem is threefold:

1. To determine the present practices of the programs in which student teaching is done.
2. To analyze significant variations and to show important central tendencies in the technique of supervision of student teachers.
3. To ascertain a means of evaluating student teaching in industrial arts.

Ua37/23 Whas Broadcast No. 44, Whas, Western Kentucky University, Earl Moore

WKU Administration Documents

Script for weekly WKU broadcast on WHAS radio. This show included Earl Moore, Nell Travelstead, ? Clark, Earline Manning, Ed Diddle Jr., James Brownfield, Annie Reeves, Don Harris and Doris Blewett.

Implications Of School Board Membership: A Handbook For School Board Members, W. B. Owen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem – A great number of pertinent and valuable contributions on the work of boards of education have been made emphasizing more particularly those aspects of establishment and organization, that are subject, more or less, to legislative action, and are consequently beyond control of the immediate board or its members. This study is concerned primarily with those phases of school board activity and relations that may be improved by the collective or individual efforts of the members constituting any board of education. They include the following:

1. Relations with the community.
2. Attitudes toward school administration and control.
3. Cooperation with the …

The Status Of The County Superintendent Of Schools In Kentucky, James Depp

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present some of the leading facts concerning the present status of the county superintendents of schools in Kentucky, and also to compare the status of the county superintendent with that of the city superintendent as found by R.E. Stevenson's study of 1934. The same method of procedure is used in this study as was used in the study of the city superintendents in order that a reliable and worth while comparison could be made between the two groups of educational leadrs.

School Transportation In Kentucky 1935-36, Thomas Reynolds

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The major purpose of this study is to determine the status of school transportation in Kentucky, with the hope that many of the local problems, conditions, and needs may be discovered, and if not solved, show the need for their solution. The State Department of Education of Kentucky, with Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction, Gordie Young, as chairman of the committee on transportation, has set up a standard program of transportation for Kentucky. The writer believes the control and regulation of school transportation by the State Department of Education is very desirable from an economical standpoint. This is shown by …

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

A Plan Of Supervision For Paducah Public Schools, Hazel Rigg

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem involves the following divisions:

1. To present a study of the present plan of supervision in the Paducah Public Schools.
2. To present a proposed plan of supervision.
3. To suggest means of evaluation of the supervisory program.

Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To promote or not to promote has long been a question in the minds of both administrators and teachers; however, the segregated problem of promotion and non-promotion did not receive much attention until about fifteen years ago. In the past decade and a half much time and careful, thoughtful study have been devoted to this problem by leading educators.

Reorganization Of Meade County's Schools, Raymond Gibson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to deal with the undesirable conditions of the county which could be corrected. Why should there be three high schools in the eastern half of the county and none in the western half of the county? Why should one-room schools exist with an average daily attendance of less than ten when the same school could be consolidated with other schools without causing any child to walk more than two miles? Why should there be 225 children in Meade County eligible for high school who are not attending school at any place? Why should the …

A Study Of The Higher Educational Career Of The Eighth Grade Graduates Of The Warren County Schools, Thelma Glasscock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

No abstract provided.

Ua1b3/7 Meeting Minutes, Wku Faculty

WKU Administration Documents

Minutes of the WKU faculty meetings for 1936.

Efficiency Of Consolidated Schools, S. A. Breeding

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To study the efficiency of the county unit and district systems in Kalmath County, county unit, and Lane County, district unit.

Comparison in four points:

1. School Plant
2. Teaching Staff
3. Expenditure
4. Pupil Achievement

Remedial Measures Suggested By A Diagnosis Of The Eighth Grade Tests In Warren County Schools, Carl Chaney

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the prime motive of this study to present an unbiased picture of the achievement of eighth grade pupils in the public schools of Warren County, Kentucky, for the years 1934 and 1935 and to recommend remedial measures for teaching in these schools. The data used have been treated with a strict regard for statistical procedure so that no prejudice on the part of the writer might influence the results.

A Comparison Of Teachers' Marks In One-Room & Two-Room Schools With Those In The Seventh, Eighth & Ninth Grades In Larger Schools, Orbrie Morris

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In this study the records examined showed that the per capita cost of instruction in the one-room and the two-room schools varied from three to six times that of the larger schools. The one-room school is the most expensive means of education, yet it offers far fewer advantages and opportunities. The decline in the number of these schools has been in progress for a number of years. This has been true in the rural sections that have a larger number of improved roads. The lack of sufficient roads has seemed to be the greatest obstacle in the consolidation of schools. …