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1950 education
At the dawn of the decade, the average American worker had not graduated from high school. In 1950, just 58.2 percent of all fifth graders went on to receive secondary school diplomas. One of the incentives for adults to continue schooling directly related to salary and quality of life. -
1955 education in india
School Life in the 1950's was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth, discrimination, sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. -
1960 ecucation
he educational level of the population of the United States continued its steady increase during the decade of the fifties. In 1960, the median number of years of formal schooling by adults (25 years old and over) was 10.6 years, as compared with 9.3 years for the adult population in 1950. -
1970 education
The 1970s was a decade of transformation in education. Efforts were made to increase opportunities and improve performance of previously disadvantaged minorities: African Americans, immigrants, the disabled, and, to a certain degree, women. Many of these efforts met with success.