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Public education used to only be for the rich. The poor couldn't afford schooling before the mid 1800's. Most states had public schools by 1865 yet many school-aged children still received no formal education because they worked in factories instead. Between 1865 and 1895, states passed laws requiring 12-16 weeks annually of school. Classes focused on reading, writing and rithmetic. Schoolhouses well usually onlly one room schools, so older kids were in the back and younger in the front. Some times there were girls in one row boys in another but other times they were mixed. Uniforms were common. Alot of the schools were religious (they read the bible). Punishments included sitting in the corner with a Dunce cap, spankings, Hitting rulers on the wrist, writing sentances on the board (I will not swear in class, I will not swear in class...) The lecture became a famous teaching meathod because kids couldnt read, so verbal teaching was the only way to teach. School sytems were like factories because it was like an assembely line. Students would go to one teacher, learn a subject, then go to the next teacher, learn that subject, etc. African Americans were segregated and often excluded from public schools. Only 3% of African Americans attended Highschool from ages 15-19. Immigrants were encouraged to go to school (learn better english. Public schools had mandatory readings from the Protestant Bible. Many catholic families were concerned about this so they made their own schools. Parochial school is a school supported by a church parish. Higher education was like a college level schooling. 1880-1920 College enrollments quadrupled.
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