American Decades
Important Events in Education, 1950–1959
1950
- 29.8 million elementary and secondary students and 2.3 million college and professional-school students attend school.
- On April 16, Congress creates the National Science Foundation (NSF). The NSF promotes science education and research.
- On July 1, the New Orleans Board of Education in Louisians grants full privileges to married teachers, including the right to promotion (not granted since the Depression).
- On October 16, the New Jersey Supreme Court upholds the practice of reading five verses of the Old Testament every day in all public schools.
1951
- On August 18, the Associated Press reports college costs up 400 percent from fifty years ago. Average tuition for one year is eighteen hundred dollars.
- On September 18, Pope Pius XII states his opposition to sex education in schools.
- On October 19, Yale University celebrates its 250th anniversary. ...
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1950's Education
- Overview
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Topics in the News
- Adult Education
- Church vs. State
- Curricula
- Desegregating Education
- John Dewey and Progressive Education
- Drafting College Students
- Federal Funding for Education
- Great Books Program
- Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth
- National Defense Education Act of 1958
- Office of Education and Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (Hew)
- President's Committee on Education Beyond the High School
- Quality in Education?
- Funding the Future Through R and D
- The "Red Scare" in Education
- Report Cards
- School Dropouts
- School Shortages
- Teachers
- Television's Effect on Education
- U.S. vs. Soviet Schools
- White House Conference on Education
- Why Johnny Can't Read
- Headline Makers
- People in the News
- Awards
- Deaths
- Publications
- Important Events in Education, 1950–1959
