Summary Report, Educational Developments in the United States, 1951-1952
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OCR Page 1 of 9EDUCATION: DEVILOMENTS TN THE ST/TES, 1951-52
Summary Renort of the Office of Education, Federal Security Agency,
to the
Fifteenth Internat ional Conference on Public Education
Geneva, Switzerland, July 7-16, 1952, jointly sponsored
by the International Bureau of Education and the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultura? Organization.
INTRODUCTION
In the United States education is regarded as a right, available to
all children regardless of the economic or social status of the family.
State systems of education ascending in a regular gradation from local
elementary and secondary schools to a State university are characteristic of
American public education. Under our Federal system of government, the
control of education is reserved to the several States. Because theue
responsilbilities are so assigned, the Govornment of the United States has
no contral ministry of oducation with nowor to operate school systems, such
as is found in mony countries. The consenses of opinion and practice in
the United States is in strong supnort of this Federal system vhich assigns
direct operating responsibilities to State and !ocal communitics.
The Federal Government renders a national educational service through
the Offico of Education, primarily by collecting, interpreting, and dissem-
inating educational information, and by-stimulating the cause of edrication
through surveys, conferences, and consultativo services on significant problems.
The Offico of Education also administers a Federal program for vocational
edrication coonerntivoly with the States, subsidies to the land-grant colleges,
a Federal ascistance program for the education, of children residing on Foderal
rescrvations or in districts affected by increased enrolment caused by Federal
activities, allocation of scarço materiale to schools and collegos, and
several for the international exchange of tcachers.
Other Fodoral agencies also carry on snecialized educational programs,
such as the Agricultyral Extension Servico and the national school lunch
prorram under the Denartmont oi Agriculture; the school savings program under
the Troasury Dopurtment; citizenship education for naturalized Americans by
the Department of Justice; the vocational rchabilitation program of the Federal
Security Agoncy; the education of Indians on Indian reservations by the
Department of the Interior; and the Armed Forces oducation program for mon
and vomon in the Arry, Navy, and Air Forco.
SCHOCL ADMINISTPATION ANT ORGANIZATION
State and Local Educational uns made during the past
year in otr ingthoning the ) adernhip and professional servicos of Stato
dopartments of aduention, At the local lovol, progress continued in the
reduction of the numbor of small units of aducational administration.
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