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Give a brief overview of how education attainment and elementary and secondary education spending has changed in the United States since 1940 .
 
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Rawls argued that agreement on certain rules from behind a veil of ignorance would make those rules optimal.
 
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Answer to Question 1

The percentage of U.S. adults with a high school diploma has changed dramatically since 1940 . In 1940, 24.1 percent of adults had a high school diploma. That number had increased to 84.1 percent by the year 2000 . In terms of the percentage of U.S. adults with at least a college degree, that increased from under 5 percent in 1940 to over 25 percent in 2000 . Expenditures per pupil increased nearly sevenfold from 1940 to 2000, even after adjusting for inflation.

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