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- Adding to school funding problems was the trend for youth to stay in school longer since employment was tough to find during the Great Depression. As a result, more youth were seeking an education. The Depression greatly transformed teachers' working conditions. Educators observed the deterioration of school programs they had spent years building.
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The rise of social reconstructionism during the Great Depression years led conservatives to believe communists were infiltrating into American life through the schools. Even progressive education was frequently the target of conservatives seeking to label it as communistic.
Jul 11, 2013 · The Great Depression of the early 1930s was a worldwide social and economic shock. Few countries were affected as severely as Canada. Millions of Canadians were left unemployed, hungry and often homeless.
Dec 9, 2015 · The effects of the Great Depression on schools began in 1932, prompting budget cutbacks that led to reductions in school hours, increased class sizes, lower teacher salaries, and school...
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The onset of the Great Depression hit children and adolescents hard, but at the same time new policies and changing public attitudes signaled positive changes for America's youngest citizens. Since the mid-nineteenth century, Americans had been moving toward a new definition of childhood and adolescence.
During the 20th century, education in America was greatly influenced by changes in the economy, like the Great Depression. The period after the crash of the stock markets in October 1929 was marked by the closure of banks, businesses, and factories.
May 7, 2010 · Catherine Wagner. By David Leonhardt. May 7, 2010. The Great Depression did not have too many silver linings, but it did change the way Americans thought about education, clearly for the...
Byron (born in 1914) and Sam (born in 1913) talk about President Roosevelt’s fireside chats, how the crisis affected them and their fellow St. Louisans, and lessons they learned from the Great Depression.
