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The role of public school in the United States, especially when it first started, explicitly was to churn out factory workers[1]. The fact that non-industrial
by FedRegister 13y ago
The role of public school in the United States, especially when it first started, explicitly was to churn out factory workers[1]. The fact that non-industrial knowledge is also taught is a side effect of later developments.
[1] http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html http://www.cantrip.org/gatto.html
- sp332 13y agoSome public schools were started right after the American Revolution, before anything was very industrialized. Horace Mann and Booker T. Washington led a massive expansion that followed through the mid-1800's. I'm quite sure Mann and Washington were not looking to produce unthinking factory workers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann#Education_reform http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Mann#Education_reform
- pnathan 13y agoI am pretty sure schools were started shortly after the early settlements were made in the US, i.e., 1650 or so. I don't think factories as we know them existed then.
- sp332 13y agoOh right, I was reading an article on "Education in the United States" which started its story post-revolution.
- FedRegister 13y agoIndustrial schooling only started in the industrial era. That's more of what I meant even though I certainly botched what I meant to say. I'll blame it on the lack of coffee!