The Great Depression profoundly transformed every American institution. In education it eroded significant educational advances begun during the 1920s. Schools were closed; teachers' salaries were cut; school programs were eliminated. Yet in an important sense the Depression precipitated the modernization of American schools. The political tradeoff for reduced financing of schools was increased autonomy for school administrators and teachers. Facing budget cuts, teachers organized into militant unions.....
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