Facts About The Great Depression That Aren’t As Dark And Gloomy As You’re Expecting

School’s Out For….Ever

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Many schools were closed during the Depression because there wasn’t enough money to sustain the buildings. Lots of teachers weren’t paid during the Depression, which made many of them not show up.

Rural schools took the biggest hit. If the schools did remain open (because some teachers showed up even without compensation) and the building wasn’t run-down, there were reduced hours. Approximately three million students ended up leaving school entirely.

Coming up soon, find out which disease spread wildly among children because of the lack of medical care.