American Education in 1770-1900

The school system from 1770-1900 was very much different than what it is now. There wasn't much need for schools back then because of all the industries and the agriculture. Most of the families wanted their children to work so there wasn't much need for going to school. For those who did go to school though, there was a huge bias against gender, race, and religion. As for gender, boys were favored more. There was only one religion taught in school, it was Protestant. Many people didn't like that though because they complained and took religion out of school. That was the start of the separation of church and state. They started taking things out of the textbooks also that some people didn't like. As people started moving out west, there was a great need for more teachers and women started moving out west to fill that need. The women did not know what to expect when they went west but it was definitely a lot different from anything that they had ever seen before. The education system was starting to feminize and people were getting the education they needed. There was a man named Horace Mann who went around inspecting schools and there were many that were not safe at all for the children to be in. The seats were bad on the bodies and there were holes in the walls letting in any kind of weather. The schools we have now are much different than the "common" schools of that time period.