Education: First Down

For the first time in history, New York City's schools last week did not announce an increased enrollment, instead reported an estimated 9,000 decrease from last year's total of 1,121,249. Reasons, explained Superintendent Harold G. Campbell, were the cumulative effects of restricted immigration, a falling birth rate.

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