SECOND ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

FEDERAL BOARD

FOR

VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

1918

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

LAYTON S. HAWKINS, Chief of Vocational Educational Division.
CHARLES H. WINSLOW, Chief of Research Division.

J. A. C. CHANDLER, Chief of Rehabilitation Division.

All communications should be addressed to

The Federal Board for Vocational Education, Washington, D. C.

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Meaning of the vocational education act..........

Development of the idea of Federal aid for education...

Spirit and purpose of the vocational education act.

General provisions of the act.....

New relationship with the States..

Agencies of administration.

Summary of progress....

Cooperation....

War problems..

Vocational rehabilitation of disabled soldiers and sailors..

War training...

9

9

10

11

13

15

18

22

24

25

27

Total enrollment in war training classes by occupations..

Centers and enrollment..

36

37

Teacher training.

Conditions in the country at the time of passage of the national vocational

education law.

Types of trade and industry education provided for in the law..

Legal provision applying to all types...

A. Unit trade schools or classes..

B. General industrial schools or classes....

C. Part-time trade extension schools or classes...

D. Part-time trade preparatory schools or classes...

E. Part-time general continuation schools or classes...

F. Evening industrial schools or classes..

G. Teacher training schools or classes....

Progress since organization of the Federal board.

General education and vocational education...........

Types of vocational classes......

41

44

45

45

46

46

47

47

48

48

49

49

49

50

Need for part-time education....

Training of teachers......

52

52

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Home economics...

General status of home economics education in 1917..

Interpretation of principles of home economics education as provided in

the Smith-Hughes Act...

56

56

58

Work accomplished during 1917-18..

Commercial education...

62

64

Necessity for providing competent State supervision.

Establishment of more and better teacher-training facilities...........

65

66

Establishment of a better type of elementary commercial education....

66

Table 1. Statistics of vocational schools and of vocational teacher-

training centers for the year ended June 30, 1918, by regions...

86

Allotment tables.....

Increase in allotment, 1918-19 over 1917-18..

Table 2. Increase in allotment of Federal money for the promotion of

vocational agriculture, trade, industry, and home economics, and teacher

training, 1918-19 over 1917-18, by regions..............

89

89

Apportionment of allotment for trade, industry, and home economics..

Apportionment of allotment for maintenance of teacher training.

Unexpended balances in State treasuries July 30, 1918..............

89

90

90

91

Table 3. Unexpended balances in State treasuries June 30,1918, and

amount to be sent to States for the fiscal year 1918-19, by regions..

Interest earned on Federal funds............

Table 4. Increase in total allotment of Federal money for the promotion of

vocational education by States, 1918-19 over 1917-18...

General tables.......

91

92

94

95

Table 5. Number of schools reporting Federally aided vocational instruc-

tion and number of teacher-training centers by States, for fiscal year

ended June 30, 1918...

95

Table 6. Number of teachers of vocational courses and of vocational

teacher-training courses, by States, for fiscal year ended June 30, 1918..

96