In this report, the Commissioner of Education discusses data on science and education, state and territorial education by region, education in cities, interest in and preparations for featuring the condition of U.S. education at the Centennial observation, education in foreign countries, District of Columbia teacher payments, and his recommendations and conclusions. Appendices include abstracted school-officer reports from the states, territories, and cities, with additional information, and data and discussion on Indian education and on educational conventions and institutes. Statistical tables cover state and territorial school systems; cities with 10,000 or more population; normal schools; commercial and business colleges; kindergarten; secondary instruction; preparatory schools; institutions for the superior education of women; universities and colleges; schools of science, theology, law, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy; admissions examinations for the U.S. Military Academy and Naval Academy; degrees conferred; library status and the increase in libraries; museums; institutions for the deaf and dumb, and for the blind; reform schools; orphan asylums, miscellaneous charities, and industrial schools; schools and asylums for feeble-minded children; education benefactions; educational publications; and patentees for improvements in school furniture, apparatus, equipment, and ventilation.