Home school communities in Zagreb in the 1930s and their social component

Sa？etak In the 1930s, associations or societies referred to as home and school communities were established in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Croatia and Zagreb. Their establishment may be placed in the context of the penetration of new school pedagogical ideas. These home and school communities were charged with cooperation between parents and teachers to provide for better educational accomplishments of students. This paper presents their organization and operation of schools in Zagreb, as well as the problems they faced. The major economic crisis in the 1930s largely directed them towards charity activities