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Federal Aid to Education: 1945-1963
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2017
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In the years immediately following World War II, national attention was directed to the problems of education in the United States. As was the case with other aspects of American life, the exigencies of war had required that normal growth and development of the educational system be deferred until the cessation of hostilities.
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