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The History Of Public Secondary Education In New Mexico, Clyde R. Hardisty

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to show the origin and slowly evolving development of public secondary education in the territorial days; (2) to trace the development of public secondary education from 1912 to 1946; and (3) to present the important facts of this development and the influences that brought it about.

Business Education In The High Schools Of New Mexico, Doris Bledsoe Sherman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is three-fold. Each division resolves itself into a definite problem. The first problem is to determine (1) the size and number of high schools in the state of New Mexico offering business subjects, (2) what business subjects are taught and at what grade levels they offered, (3) the number of students enrolled in business subjects, and (4) what types of office machines are used for instructional purposes.

The Administration Of Janitorial Service In New Mexico Public Schools, Harold Q. Vance

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to collect and evaluate data concerning the selection and payment of janitorial personnel in New Mexico; (2) to learn whether there are any salary schedules or plans for salary advancement for janitorial services in use within the state; (3) to present those tendencies which point toward uniformity both in the selection and payment of school custodians throughout the state; and (4) to suggest, after evaluating the present conditions, certain recommendations concerning the status of the public school janitor in New Mexico

The Prediction Of Academic Success In The University Of New Mexico College Of Engineering From Data Available During The Students' First Semester Of Enrollment, John J. Wittich

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to determine with what degree of certainty the achievement of freshman in the college of Engineering at the University of New Mexico can be predicted from an analysis of data available during their first semester of enrollment in college. These data are (1) high-school achievement as indicated by teachers' marks over a four year period; (2) scores made on a battery of psychological and achievement tests administered at the time of enrollment in the University; and (3) college success attained in the first semester as indicated by semester marks.

A History Of The Teaching Of Reading In The Elementary Grades In Albuquerque Public Schools, Esther Hossmann

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem of this study is to show how the present methods of teaching reading in the public elementary schools of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have developed. It is proposed to try to trace the changes in aims, methods, and materials in the teaching of reading in these schools from their establishment in 1891 to the present time, 1947. The result should give the reader a story of the historical development of the teaching of reading in this particular school system.

History Of Mountain View School, Thelma Loudon Hayes

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to relate the unusual early history of Mountain View School; (2) to show the steady advancement in education of the local community; (3) to present the value of this undertaking in regard to adult educational and social benefits as well as pupil benefits; and (4) to determine what benefits a community derives from possessing a good elementary school.

The Financial Administration Of Extracurricular Activities In The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Frank Edmund Graham

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study has as its purpose the investigation of methods currently practiced in raising funds to provide for the financial support of extracurricular activities in the public high schools of New Mexico. Of these plans the most feasible are proposed for the use of those responsible for the financial administration of extracurricular activities.

A History Of The Oklahoma Association Of Negro Teachers, Jeanette C. Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The steady growth in the Negro school population has brought a correspondingly increasing interest by Negro educators in raising the standard of education in the race. The educators saw the need for education association which would unite them for a common cause, that of helping to secure for the Negro child more adequate school facilities, and advancing them educationally. This study deals with a history of one such organization and its aims and objectives in fostering a program of education for the Negros in the state of Oklahoma.

Teachers' Leaves Of Absence For Cultural Purposes And Exchange, Eleanor Janice Beck

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to make a detailed inquiry into the matter of granting teachers' leaves of absence for cultural purposes and exchange in representative public school systems of the United States, with special reference to the prevalence of the practice and the administrative details involved in the handling of the program.

A Survey Of Art Education In The Secondary Schools Of New Mexico, Eugene Lincoln Thomson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to evaluate the art program as it exists today in the secondary schools of New Mexico. More than simply a survey of statewide conditions, this study will also present some suggestions for an art curriculum in schools not now offering art, together with recommended physical facilities and qualifications of the instructor.

The art program which is investigated in this study does not embrace the arts of music or the dance. Reference to the fields of drama and household arts shall be restricted to such items as stagecraft, costume design, and interior decoration. Quality …

Teacher Participation In The Formulation Of Administrative Policies In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Clarence Elvin Walter

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of active teacher participation in formulating certain administrative policies in the municipal and independent rural public schools of New Mexico.

Contributions Of Catholic Religious Orders To Public Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Frederick Mason Bacon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study is intended (1) to explain how it came to pass that religious orders have been conducting public schools in New Mexico, (2) to reveal the outcome of controversies or litigation involving claims of illegality in the practice, and (3) to present the contributions of Catholic religious orders to public education in New Mexico since the American occupation by offering a brief history of the public schools which they have conducted.

A Critical Analysis Of Report Cards Used In New Mexico, John Robert Grove

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Many of the ties that used to bind the home and school are gone. The home and the school no longer have the feeling of intimacy that prevailed between them two hundred years ago. In the early American schools it was possible for the teacher to know the parents of nearly every child in the school room. Since this possibility no longer exists in the same degree, some link must be evolved to connect both the home and the school; some method to take the place of meetings on the street or conversations after prayer meeting must be organized to …

The Administration Of Equitation In The Colleges And Universities Of The Southwest, Birdie Bryan West

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the status and extent of instruction in equitation in the colleges and universities of the southwest.

The History Of Saint Vincent Academy, Sister Florita French

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to write a complete history of Saint Vincent Academy from the coming of the Sisters of Charity to the west, in 1865, to the present.

The Facilities Of High School Libraries In New Mexico, Hazel Hill Petty

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The rapid growth of high schools within the past thirty years, and the changes in the methods of teaching, have made the library and important phase of any well-equipped high school. The capacity for service varies greatly in the different states. Some states have provided adequate equipment and staffs; others have given the bare necessities.

The purpose of this present study is: (1) to determine the facilities of high school libraries in New Mexico; (2) to ascertain the training and qualifications of the personnel; and (3) to compare the results with standards and recommendations made by library and educational associations.

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.

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.

A Study Of The Betts Ready To Read Tests: Their Predictive Values In Determining Reading Achievement And Their Comparison With Other Predictive Measures, Charles L. Mills

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The ability to read is basic to the acquisition of knowledge in all school subjects. Consequently, classroom teachers have long been interested in what determines readiness for reading, and in tests which will predict reading achievement. Prominent among those which have appeared in recent years is the Betts Ready to Read Tests which in reality are a series of twelve individual vision tests that require expensive equipment, a great deal of time, and a certain amount of technical skill to administer, score, and interpret.

The purposes of this investigation are (1) to determine the predictive values of the factors of …

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.

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 …

A Study Of Student Publications In The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Paul Springer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to (1) determine the extent to which student publications are current in New Mexico; (2) to determine the frequency of the kinds of publications used; (3) to find the mechanical methods of publications used; (4) to reveal the general organization and management of the publications, such as: (a) to find who sponsors the publications and how the sponsors are selected; (b) to find the systems used in selecting student representatives, or staffs; (c) to find the number of staffs of publications; and (d) to show the relation of the principal and superintendent to …

Early Schools Of Doña Ana County, James Victor Boyd

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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.

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

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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 History Of Teacher Certification In New Mexico, Roy Melugin

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the specific purpose of this study (1) to present the history of teacher certification in New Mexico; (2) to show what progress has thus far been made in education within the the state through means of teacher certification; (3) to compare the present practices in New Mexico with those in neighboring states; and (4) to determine the possible future trends.