Arthur D. Dean’s Our Schools in War Time—and After examines the role of American schools during the First World War and the changes the conflict brought to education. Dean considers how schools served the war effort, adapted their teaching, and prepared to meet the demands of the postwar world.
The book reflects a period of intense reflection on the purposes of education, vocational training, and the relationship between schooling and national needs. Dean argues for reforms suited to a changed society and economy. For readers interested in the history of American education, the home-front impact of the First World War, and debates over the aims of schooling, the book offers a thoughtful and timely contemporary perspective.