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During the boom years of the 1920s, new schools had been built, junior-high schools had been developed, and new programs, such as vocational education, had been expanded. Teachers' salaries were rising. More and more children were attending schools. In Detroit, Michigan, the student population doubled, increasing from 122,690 in 1920 to 250,994 in 1930. So prosperous were American schools that the effect of the Depression failed to impact education significantly until 1932. Enrollments and salaries continued to grow. During the 1931-1932 school year the salaries of school superintendents increased from $4,000 to $4,200. In 1932, however, capital outlays for schools began a precipitous drop, and schools began to decline. In Detroit total school revenues fell from $17.8 million in the 1930- 1931 school year to $12.8 million in the 1932-1933 school year. Many school districts were burdened with enormous debts from school expansion in the 1920s, and the indebtedness of school districts increased from...
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