Economics and Stats
Towns losing schools _____ local businesses?
The process by which schools, particularly in rural areas, are grouped into a bigger school
what is school consolidation
Students who attend larger schools earn ____ wages on average
lower
What percent of school districts were eliminated between 1930 and 1970?
90%
what century saw the most school consolidation in the United States?
20th century
Longer commute times make it harder for students to do what after school?
extracurriculars
What year did the United States have the most schools? (217,000)
1920
Which US President began school consolidation
Teddy Roosevelt
School consolidation means ___ money spent per student.
less