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This is when Massachusetts enacted a law that made it obligatory for every town to have a school, but not every town followed this law.
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Benjamin Franklin was an influential figures in the development of schools. Ben Franklin began the first library because he believed everyone should have the same opportunity to learn, and help understand the things around them. He also started secondary schools, or academies that offered many subjects including practical skills. He had the schools be open for anyone that could pay tuition and go, didn't matter your religion. Because of his influence public schools still exist to this day.
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Still a mostly rural nation, kids grew up on farms, expected to be farmers or manual workers, not having much of an education unlike those in the city. In cities the changes began quicker and then started to spread to the country. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were major influencers in the creations of schools.
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Thomas Jefferson's played a giant role in starting our current system in education. He's the one that proposed the legislation of counties and districts, he made sure elementary schools were available without cost.
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He made a big impact of education on a national level. He worked hard to establish free, public education for every boy and girl in Massachusetts. He believed that everyone had the right to an education, so he worked for every boy and girls education, he was always improving and attempting to normalize school. The state supported schools were called common schools and it helped everyone from different levels of society. Tax payer dollars helped fund schools that they should be nonsectarian.
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Before the civil war very few African-Americans were able to read and write. There were a lot of laws in the south prohibiting education for African- Americans, because whites feared that them getting an education would lead to them rebelling. Even in the north there wasn't that many African-American schools. After the Civil war there was more effort in educating African-Americans churches started to set up schools. These efforts barely lasted since school remained very segregated.
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Gave federal land to establish Colleges in every state. In these colleges it provided a practical education agriculture, home economics, and other professions to people from different social classes. The Land-grant colleges made higher education available to Americans throughout the nation. Many well-known universities in the modern era began as land-grant colleges.
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Even during the American Progressive Period schools were still very segregated. African-American children went to separate public schools and they received less funding, the education was inferior and scarce than in white schools. African- Americans teachers could only teach African- American schools, and they got paid a lot less than their white counterparts.
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The progressives thought that schools should focus on the kids individually, the curriculum felt too standardized to many people, They thought kids should be encouraged to think critically and independently rather than just memorize information and accept facts. One notable change during this era was the fact that the US had opened thousands of high schools so that students continue their education, and prepare for a career.
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The Smith-Hughes Act established a federal funds to support vocational education. It prepared students for a lot of career opportunities in specific occupations where skilled workers were needed. The funding provided influenced the spread of the career and technical classes in public high schools lately.
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During the good economic times schools expanded both in what they had to offer and in numbers. Then in rough economic times it lost his revenue. Public schools faced a shortage of cash during the depression. Some districts ceased to operate while others shortened the school year, the teacher pay decreased and/or they got fired. By the end of the depression the schools started to get back on their feet.
