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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF EDUCATION

BULLETIN, 1917, No. 5

REPORT OF AN INQUIRY

INTO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL SYSTEM

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(1) Recommendations relating to general administration_
(2) Recommendations concerning school support_
(3) Recommendations of general application___

CHAPTER III.

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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, January 2, 1917. SIR: I am transmitting herewith for publication as a bulletin of the Bureau of Education a report of a study of the public-school system of the State of Colorado, which was made under my direction upon the request of the Colorado State survey committee. In accordance with my agreement with this committee, the study was confined to an investigation of the administration and support of public elementary and secondary schools and their immediate effects upon conditions determining the character of work done in these schools. The study was made by A. C. Monahan, specialist in rural school administration, and Katherine M. Cook, assistant in rural education, both of whom spent considerable time in Colorado in the months of September, October, and November, 1916.

Respectfully submitted.

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

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P. P. CLAXTON,

Commissioner.

REPORT OF AN INQUIRY INTO THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL SYSTEM.

Chapter I.

THE STATE OF COLORADO AND ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

The physical character of a State, the density and characteristics of its population, the occupations of its people, and its per capita wealth are all factors in determining its educational system and the kind of schools it should have and can maintain.

(1) GENERAL CONDITIONS.

Colorado, with an area of nearly 104,000 square miles and a population of 709,024, is one of the larger States in the Union, being seventh in area, though but thirty-second in population. The main range of the Rocky Mountains runs across it from north to southwest of the center. The central and west central portion comprises a large area of the mountainous mass of the Rockies. The location of many of the mining industries is within or bordering on this mountainous mass, which contains deposits of various metals and coal. The eastern two-fifths of the State is within the Great Plains section, and consists of a long slope descending from the mountains to the prairie section along the eastern border. This contains fertile farms along the river valleys, and large areas of it are utilized for grazing purposes. General farming is carried on along the river valleys where irrigation prevails. Within the central mountain mass there are numerous parks and small valleys, which produce vegetables, grain, and grass. On the western slope, especially in the southern and western portions, the irrigated valleys produce large quantities of fruit. The Platte and the Arkansas River Valleys, on the eastern slope, are the largest irrigated areas, and extend from the mountains to the eastern boundary of the State. Population. The population is small, but growing rapidly. The majority of the people in the State have migrated from other States in the Union; relatively few are of foreign birth. Native whites constitute 82 per cent of the total population; 16 per cent are foreign born, 1.4 per cent Negroes. Only about 35 per cent of the native white residents were born within the State. The increase in total population and the increase for rural and urban communities are shown in the table following.

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