Education

The control of education in the United States is local. It was demonstrated during the past year, however, that it is possible for the federal government to co-operate in the promotion of education without encroachment on local autonomy or authority. Two outstanding examples of such co-operation were nation-wide surveys conducted by the Bureau of Education, one of Negro universities and colleges, financed through private sources, the other of land-grant colleges, the cost of which was defrayed through federal funds provided by Congress. Encouraged by the success of these two undertakings, a survey by the Bureau of Education of secondary education was initiated and Congress has appropiated the necessary money. The Bureau's survey of Negro universities and colleges revealed the tremendous progress being made in Negro higher education in the United States and emphasized the need for the development of teacher-training. The land-grant college survey is significant for the extensive co-operation developed in the collection of data under the leadership of the Bureau of Education. The study of secondary education is to be the most widespread ever undertaken, touching directly or indirectly every community in the country. Progress has also been made during the year in the co-ordination of fiscal and educational conditions in the states, largely through the state departments of education. Another significant development was the severe criticism of the formal standards set up by regional accrediting agencies at the meeting of the North Central Association, which is undertaking to study the situation for the purpose of improving educational service. In the field of the organization of the educational process, Professor Thorndike's studies of adult learning ability as compared with the learning ability of youth were of vital importance as they tended to indicate the need of a complete revision of the present program not only for adult education but for the period of youth as well

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