TIME
The first U.S. war babies were ready for school. The U.S. Office of Education announced that first-grade school classes will be 9% bigger this fall, because of the large numbers of babies born during the first year of the draft. The U.S. will have swollen first-grade classes for another six years, to handle the 17,047,539 U.S. babies born during the war years.
More Must-Reads from TIME
- Cybersecurity Experts Are Sounding the Alarm on DOGE
- Meet the 2025 Women of the Year
- The Harsh Truth About Disability Inclusion
- Why Do More Young Adults Have Cancer?
- Colman Domingo Leads With Radical Love
- How to Get Better at Doing Things Alone
- Michelle Zauner Stares Down the Darkness
Contact us at letters@time.com