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The roots of American education began with the Jamestown colony, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Religion was an integral part of the colony from its beginning. The English believed it was their duty to spread the gospel and convert Native Americans to Protestant Christianity.
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It was the first American high school, but it served only the colonial elite and had a strong European flavor. As the name suggests, the Latin grammar school was a college-preparatory school designed to help boys prepare for the ministry or a career in law. If you were female, you didn’t attend because you could be neither a minister nor a lawyer.
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Benjamin Franklin opened the Academy of Philadelphia in 1751. Free of religious orientation and uniquely American, Franklin’s academy was a secondary school that focused on the practical needs of colonial America. Math, navigation, astronomy, bookkeeping, logic, and rhetoric were all taught, and both boys and girls attended. Students selected courses from this menu, which created the precedent for electives and alternative programs at the secondary level that exist today.
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The constitution led to the “establishment clause” of the First Amendment, which prohibited the government from passing legislation to establish any one official religion over another. Meaning public schools were able to teach religion.
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Public schools were invented. A chance for all the children in the united states to get and education. Horace Mann, a lawyer turned educator, was a key figure in making education available to all children. He built 50 new schools and increased teachers salaries by 50%. His biggest legacy was the idea that public education, in the form of tax-supported elementary schools (common schools), should be a right of all citizens.
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In 1821, Boston established the first English Classical School, a free secondary school designed to meet the needs of boys not planning to attend college. It offered studies in English, math, history, science, geography, bookkeeping, and surveying, and to reflect its practical emphasis.
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The committee concluded that students who planned to go no further than high school needed content and teaching methods that were the same as those who were college-bound—an idea that continues to be debated today.
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The first junior high, for grades 7, 8, and 9, opened in Columbus, Ohio, in 1909. The concept spread quickly, and by 1926, junior highs had been set up in 800 school districts. There were many complains about this so the created Middle schools. Focusing on 6 to 8.
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They created a phrase "separate bit equal" but unfortunately it wasn't like this at the end of the day funding for African American schools was consistently lower than for White schools, and the schools were consistently substandard.
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Everyone is treated equally. Everyone has the same chances into a good education no matter how rich or poor you are.
Kids are evaluated on what they've learned from taking a test.
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the cororna virus has changed schools drasticly. not all kids are able to go back to school. Kids have to walk around with their masks and remain at a 6 feet distance to properly social distance. For those that are home they have to complete virtual school and join their classes through video chats.
