The Childhood Years - Season 6 (2023)

This film is an authentic record of real people, living their usual lives. It documents one of several experiments carried on by various state universities -- experiments sponsored by the alfred p. Sloan foundation inc. -- to discover what schools can do to raise the level of living in the communities they serve.

Contrasts a community in which business and industry support their schools with another where they do not. Shows how education influences the standard of living in a community. Producer: general pictures productions. Sponsor: u.s. Chamber of commerce. Year: 1947. Length: 00:09:26. Audio: mono. Color.

Problems of underfunded and outdated schools. Highlights such problems in education as building construction and modernization, class size, more teachers and up-to-date educational tools. Portrays dangers of public complacency toward education. Producer: jam handy organization. Sponsor: national school service institute.