1 Includes 1,190 Regular officers and 1,407 Reserve officers. Excludes those part-time employees not paid during the month of June 1955. Includes 2,280 collaborating epidemiologists and special agents. 1 Includes $109,000.00 in services and supplies (including drugs from stock purchased in prior years) furnished in lieu of cash. 2 Vermont allotment paid to Vermont Heart Association. An additional payment of $613,000.00 was made to Alaska for disease and sanitation investigation and control activities. Office of Education A REPORT of the work of the Office of Education is, in some respects, a report of the problems and achievements of American education. It is not surprising, therefore, that a report of Office activities in the fiscal year 1955 should reflect some of the awakened concern of the American public in matters pertaining to education. As citizens generally have turned their attention to the pressing educational problems confronting them, the Office of Education also has been mobilizing itself to provide greater assistance and leadership in the task of providing the Nation with an educational system equal to its growing needs. Chief among the activities of the Office designed to this end were the reorganization of the Office itself, and the launching of the White House Conference on Education. REORGANIZATION The primary obligation of the Office is to provide leadership and services that will aid the educational profession and the public in providing essential education for the Nation. In order that the resources of the Office could be mobilized more effectively, the staff activities were reorganized during the past year under three broad areas: (1) Research, (2) Services, and (3) Grants. The research coordinator is responsible for the collecting and processing of statistical data on the status and trends of elementary, secondary, and higher education, and for special research studies, including those under the Cooperative Research Program authorized under Public Law 531 of the 83d Congress. The latter permits the Office for the first time to enter into contracts with colleges, universities, and State educational agencies for the conduct of research, surveys, and demonstrations in the field of education. |