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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...

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