The History Of Schools In The United States
With the kids going back to school again, I thought I'd write about the history of public schools in the United States. We all went to school, but was there any rhyme or reason to why they are set up the way they are? Why do we go from grades first through twelve? How did the schools come about to be in the first place? Have you ever even considered the reasons or did you blindly take your children to kindergarten when they were five just because it was the thing to do? Here are some answers to these reading, writing, and arithmetic questions. Read more...
