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U.S. City School Systems, 1922 - 1940

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Pawel Janas, Caltech

Version:  View help for Version V1

Version Title:  View help for Version Title July 2024 Version

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Project Citation: 

Janas, Pawel. U.S. City School Systems, 1922 - 1940. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-07-01. https://doi.org/10.3886/E207221V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This project contains a city-level panel dataset of over 118 financial and enrollment variables of public city school systems from the Biennial Survey of Education between 1922 and 1940. The Biennial Survey of Education provides statistics on state school systems, city school systems, institutions of higher learning (universities, colleges, teachers, colleges, normal schools), private high schools, and private vocational schools. The data presented in this project is for city school systems only.
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Economic History Association

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms public schools; education expenditures; school enrollments
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage city
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1922 – 1/1/1940
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data


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