The Chosen Era
The Chosen Era Education is important because it is the key to social, ethical, governmental issues and principles. It gives us a new perspective of the world in which we live in and enables us to create our own opinions and viewpoints on certain matters. As I read the first part of the book “The Story of American Public Education,” I was captivated by how the school system was developed and how the history of American schools in many ways mirrors the history of American democracy. The ability to read why Americans constructed schools and see historical pictures so vividly come into play as we read is what captivated me the most about the first chapter in this book. I also found very interesting how till this day I still notice to a certain degree, those hardships in motion with undocumented students and the poor as well as racism. Education began to gain traction in the mid-nineteenth century and was first known as the “common” school because they were funded by local property ta...
