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- Schools were overpopulated, underfunded, and an estimated 20,000 schools in America closed. Transportation was an issue—there were no buses or cars so children had to walk often long distances. Racism was so prevalent that many schools were segregated. Roosevelt’s New Deal promised for greater access to education, but failed on many accounts.
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During the Depression, the problems of American education rose to the surface. Although public education was free to all, the quality of schooling available in different parts of the country varied drastically. In some areas, such as the rural South, the public school system was starved for money.
The Depression had a huge impact on education, as it did in other areas of American life. The country's public school system had expanded dramatically during the 1920s. In Detroit, Michigan, the number of children in school more than doubled, from 122,690 in 1920 to 250,994 in 1930.
Dec 9, 2015 · During the 1930’s, the public education system was not as highly regulated as it is today. Students often did not attend school for nine months of the year as they do in today’s schools, as...
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Educational Mobility in America: 1930s – 2000s. Introduction. Education emerged, over the course of the twentieth century, as America’s key to opportunity and one of the main arbiters of success (Fischer and Hout 2006; Goldin and Katz 2007). For indi-viduals, education is a human capital investment that improves the quality of life.
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May 7, 2010 · In 1930, only 30 percent of teenagers graduated from high school. By 1940, after a decade in which there often was nothing better to do than stay in school, the number had jumped to 50 percent....
By the end of the 1930s, two themes in American education arose. First, education was a deep-rooted institution in U.S. society to which Americans remained committed even in hard times. Secondly, significant inequality existed between the country's school districts.
