Question

During the Age of Adolescence, states passed laws requiring school attendance through the early teens such that the proportion of 14- to 17-year-olds in school was ________ by 1920; furthermore, during the 1920s the content of the education in secondary school shifted from a focus on liberal arts to ____________, which consisted of general education, college preparation, and vocational training

Answer 1

• During the Age of Adolescence, states passed laws requiring school attendance through the early teens such that the proportion of 14- to 17-year-olds in school was about 30% by 1920; furthermore, during the 1920s the content of the education in secondary school shifted from a focus on liberal arts to comprehensive high school language, which consisted of general education, college preparation, and vocational training