BUREAU OF EDUCATION,

N. H. R. DAWSON, Commissioner.

REPORT

OF THE

COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

FOR

THE YEAR 1887-88.

WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.-THE COMMISSIONER'S EXECUTIVE STATEMENT.
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Division of the Library and Museum..

Division of Statistics..

Plan of the present Report

Recent publications of the Office

Education in Alaska.

The colony at New Metlakahtla....

New regulations and amendments..

Changes in the Territorial board..

Increased appropriations for Alaska needed..

Change in school books....

The Bureau's contribution to the Ohio Valley Centennial..

Estimates for 1890-91

Opinion of the National Educational Association

Quarters for the Office of Education.

A suitable building for the Bureau..

Expenditure of the Bureau's fund for printing

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Permanent school funds, total assessed valuation, and valuation of school property (Table 17).

Chief State school officers (Table 18)..

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Suburban schools.

Additional information......

CHAPTER VII.-DISCUSSION OF QUESTIONS RELATING TO CITY SCHOOL

Incorrigibles and habitual truants.

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CHAPTER VIII.-STATISTICS OF CITY SCHOOL SYSTEMS.

Comparative statistics of enrolment, attendance, teachers, and sittings (Table 25)

Summary of same by States, etc. (Table 26).......

Comparative statistics of property, tuition expenses, and receipts from local taxation (Table

Summary of same by States, etc. (Table 28)

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