Comments on: How did public school become the default mode of education? http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:37:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: God http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education/comment-page-1#comment-5476 God Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:30:59 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education#comment-5476 The public school system developed with the settlement of the American frontier. Private schools and tutors weren't really available in newly settled lands. Also settlers started out economically equal--there weren't really many "rich" people to build private schools. The settlers would pool their resources to build a schoolhouse and hire a teacher who would serve the entire community. It is because public schools started in an agrarian society that schools have a long summer vacation -- the kids needed to be home during those months to work the fields. When cities started to develop in the settled areas, they followed the same model for their school system. As far as I know, the public school system has been the "default" for as long as there have been schools, at least in frontier America. Private schools would appear in an area after the population had reached a certain size and there were enough wealthy families to make use of them.<br><b>References : </b><br> The public school system developed with the settlement of the American frontier. Private schools and tutors weren’t really available in newly settled lands. Also settlers started out economically equal–there weren’t really many "rich" people to build private schools. The settlers would pool their resources to build a schoolhouse and hire a teacher who would serve the entire community.

It is because public schools started in an agrarian society that schools have a long summer vacation — the kids needed to be home during those months to work the fields.

When cities started to develop in the settled areas, they followed the same model for their school system.

As far as I know, the public school system has been the "default" for as long as there have been schools, at least in frontier America. Private schools would appear in an area after the population had reached a certain size and there were enough wealthy families to make use of them.
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]]> By: poprocks24 http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education/comment-page-1#comment-5475 poprocks24 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:41:59 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education#comment-5475 I don't think I know enough about this subject to answer your question fully and in depth but what I do know is that in the 1840's a reform movement in the US started by Horace Mann. He is known as "The Father of American Public Education." It started in Massachusetts and he basically was an advocate of public education being available everywhere.....also that it be free and mandatory.<br><b>References : </b><br> I don’t think I know enough about this subject to answer your question fully and in depth but what I do know is that in the 1840’s a reform movement in the US started by Horace Mann. He is known as "The Father of American Public Education." It started in Massachusetts and he basically was an advocate of public education being available everywhere…..also that it be free and mandatory.
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]]> By: stezus http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education/comment-page-1#comment-5474 stezus Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:59:59 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education#comment-5474 Jefferson was a proponent of a public school system to give the populace a rudimentary education. A guy named John Dewey is responsible for a lot of the way education is today.<br><b>References : </b><br> Jefferson was a proponent of a public school system to give the populace a rudimentary education. A guy named John Dewey is responsible for a lot of the way education is today.
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]]> By: greeneyeddevil http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education/comment-page-1#comment-5473 greeneyeddevil Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:10:59 +0000 http://www.soominkim.com/public-school/how-did-public-school-become-the-default-mode-of-education#comment-5473 It just became the easiest way to go, and it was cheaper than other alternatives and allowed both parents to work out of the home. School is only mandatory between the ages of 6 and 16. Kindergarten got started because parents wanted childcare while they were at work, in some states they are now working on k-4 programs for public schools.<br><b>References : </b><br> It just became the easiest way to go, and it was cheaper than other alternatives and allowed both parents to work out of the home. School is only mandatory between the ages of 6 and 16. Kindergarten got started because parents wanted childcare while they were at work, in some states they are now working on k-4 programs for public schools.
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