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Before the public education system in the United States, schools were localized and constrained to the wealthy class. Edit: Why am I being downvoted? Am I wro

• alan-crowe 15y ago
  You are indeed wrong > High and Ellig sum up the experience of the 18th and 19th centuries by noting that "the available evidence strongly indicates that Americans of the period took an active interest in education. ... The private supply was extensive, not only in the number of children served but in the spectrum of social classes involved." http://www.sntp.net/education/school_state_3.htm http://www.sntp.net/education/school_state_3.htm
  • doomlaser 15y ago
    I'm not so sure that's true. "Still, the opportunity to attend schools was limited. Formal schooling was largely restricted to those who could afford to pay. Even "free" schools often required payment of tuition, and primary schools required entering students to be literate, barring children who had not been taught to read by their parents." Here's a link with period testimonials from actual early 19th century private school instructors. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=38 http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cf...