Brief History of Education

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Brief History of Education

”Primary and secondary education, for the most part underfunded, poorly organized, and inefficient, became more standardized, better organized and properly funded” (Overview 1).   The turning point of education in the 1940’s has to do with World War II going on and preventing soldiers from going to school, women giving their time to go to college to take the jobs that men left available, and laws the Supreme Court had enacted for schools teaching. Women, young, . Not only were the Adults in school affected by the transitions in education but the younger students as well. President, harry S. Truman also contributed by signing a bill that allows the American citizens involvement in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or known as the UNESCO. “UNESCO’s educational efforts in developing countries are curtailes due to the growing Cold War” (Important 2).

        Some schools in the 1940s did not have adequate facilities. Schools used candles for light and they used a fireplace which burned in a big potbelly stove for warmth instead of electricity or heating and air conditioning. “Some schools were lit with wood and coal for heat and electric lights barely used. In the newer schools, like town or city schools, electric lights and a big furnace existed” (Schulhauser 1).  “The students would put their lunches around the stove in the winter so they would not freeze” (Schulhauser 1).  Classrooms typically had five windows and a wood furnace. Some students in grades one through eight had to be crammed in a small one-room classroom that barely fit forty students. The environment of schools were not that great either especially after the Baby Boom, because there were not enough room in classrooms to fit students. “Paper was not plentiful and writing was done with a fountain pen, which had to be refilled from an inkwell” (Schulhauser 1).

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        There was a basic structure that was common to most schools that students had to follow on a regular basis.,  In some schools boys and girls were taught separately and taught by nuns or teachers,at most schools there would be four to five classes a day; English, Arithmetic, Language Arts, History, and Latin. “Classes were from 9:00am to 3:30pm and had an hour lunch and two recesses” (Schulhauser 1)..  ”In the morning right at 9:00 they would sing O Canada, say the Lords Prayer, and at the end of the day (3:30) they would sing God Save Our Queen (or ...

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