What is the purpose of schools?
In the video 'The common schools 1770-1890" schooling was described as having to shape each and every individual of their young lives. School is a place where we have fought important battles including the practice of democracy itself. American system of public schools is one of the most nations most significant and still unfinished movements. By the time of the revolutionary war vast majority of Americans were educated just enough to be able to read newspapers and figure out taxes. However, many believed that schools played a critical role. Noah Webster was often called the 'school master' of America, he believed that there was a need to be a national history where we could feel that we had a unified culture. Thomas Jefferson had stated that in democracy the people had to vote and choose their rulers, and without education how would the people be educated enough through reading and writing to be able to choose a ruler and understand what they are promoting. The survi...