American Decades

Important Events in Education, 1940–1949

Students numbering 12,640,000 are enrolled in the federal lunch program at a cost of around twelve million dollars.
The United States census lists nearly ten million adults as virtually illiterate. The median number of years of school attendance by persons over the age of 25 is 8.4.
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court affirms a Pennsylvania law that allows any schoolchild who refuses to salute the American flag to be expelled. The Court reverses this ruling in 1943.
On August 5, the National Education Association calls on educators to contribute to the nation's defense by fostering faith in American democracy.
On October 3, the president of Columbia University calls for the resignation of faculty members who do not support the Allied cause.

On March 17, the New York Board of Higher Education votes to dismiss City College faculty members who belong to...

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