Press clippings and background files concerning the Board of Regents literacy test
Series Number
A0063
Summary
This series consists of newspaper clippings, memorandums, notes, and pamphlets documenting the State Education Department's response to changes in voting requirements, including the introduction and administration of the Regents literacy test. Background files discuss immigrant, adult, and rural education. The bulk of the series consists of a scrapbook of clippings, extracted from local newspapers, documenting the literacy test program.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension
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These files contain field reports of visits by bureau staff to schools around the state. Also included are correspondence, memorandums, meeting programs, and other records. The records contain detailed information about the conduct of home economics classes in individual schools, provision of guidance to home economics educators, curricula, teacher training, equipment and facilities available, and professional conferences.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Home Economics Education
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Correspondence and annual reports of adult education classes
Series Number
B0497
Summary
This series consists mostly of annual reports submitted to the Education Department by school districts on adult education classes. Information includes city, village, or school district name; county; director of adult education; school name, address, and principal; course title; teacher's name and license type; length and number of sessions held; and total number of students registered and attending. After 1945, there are summary reports of numbers of classes, teachers, periods, and students attending each type of class.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Bureau of Adult Education
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New York State Merchant Marine Academy supervision files
Series Number
A3037
Summary
This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, and meeting minutes relating to the departmental investigation of management at the New York State Merchant Marine Academy; selection of the school's Superintendent and Commanding Officer; controversy over the training and experience of the faculty; preparation of annual reports; routine administrative supervision; and plan of Fort Schuyler (1927).
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Special Schools Bureau
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An amendment to the State Constitution, approved on November 8, 1921, required all voters registering after January 1, 1922 to be able to read and write English. Certification of literacy by the Board of Regents was established by legislation in 1923. Literacy certificates were issued by the Regents after applicants passed a test on their comprehension of written English. This series consists of copies of printed documents relating to the administration of the Regents literacy test program.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Division of Adult Education and Library Extension
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This series consists of pamphlets, reports, conference materials, newsletters, news clippings, press releases, and correspondence relating to vocational education programs. Most records pertain to adult education; apprenticeship programs; art education; commercial education; continuation schools; curriculum development; home economics education; vocational and trade schools; and vocational rehabilitation.
Creator
New York (State). Education Department. Assistant Commissioner for Vocational and Extension Education
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There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.