During the 1920s, the USA saw an economic boom. American families’ lives were transformed by new technologies, new media, new transport and even new dance crazes. This social explosion led to the emancipation of the domestic housewife in big cities, a rise in social mobility, and a widespread feel good factor across much of the USA.
In many ways schools over the last 15 years have seen similar growth. New schools have popped up around the country with a view to becoming centres for community learning, acting almost as educational beacons to disadvantaged areas.
Resources and funding appeared to rise in order to facilitate a world-class learning environment that could compete with nations apparently outperforming our own.
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