Show educational PROGRESS in round numbers there were persons enrolled in educational institutions in the united states in 1914 according annual report of the commissioner of education just issued of these over were in elementary schools in secondary schools both public and private and in colleges and universities cities close clos to another hundred thousand were in in normal schools preparing to be teachers were in professional schools and the remainder were scattered through other types of institutions tut ions the teachers for this educational army numbered of whom were in in public schools in point of rapid growth the public high school still presents the most impressive I 1 figures the enrollment for 1914 is greater by over than for the year before the cost of e education du cation for the year as estimated by the bureau was this three quarters of a billion is a relatively small amount when compared with other items in t th public expense declares the report it is less by than the cost of running the federal government it is less than one third the nations expenditure pend iture for alcoholic liquors it is only a little over three times the estimated cost of admissions to moving picture theaters in the united states for the same year measured in terms of products produce of the soil the united states spent somewhat more for education in 1914 than the value of its cotton crop somewhat less than the value of its wheat crop and less than half the value of the annual harvest of corn while the nations bill for education was less by nearly a hundred millions than the value of the he exports from the harbor of new kew york in the calendar year just passed very little increase is yet to be noted in the average term for public schools between 1910 and 1913 the increase was from 1575 days a year to 1581 a growth of only six tenths of a day in three years attendance has improved however the average number of days attended by each person enrolled increased from in 1910 to 1156 in A in 1913 special subjects treated in this years annual report of the commissioner of education in include the junior high school montessoro montessori Montes sori sorl schools in the united states denominational schools vocational education education for child nurture and homemaking home making school surveys and education for special classes for children |