Reflection 19

In the old colonial times, Dame schools were created, they were private elementary schools that were taught by women in home school environment. Hornbooks made of wood that included the basics ABCs and prayers. These schools were used generally for the first century of colonial expansion. In the northern colonies, school was mandated appretenceship was implemented with children in 1642. Appretenceship was like an internship or training program of learning skills from other skill people . If the children were not that poor, a public school was a highky recommended option. Grammar shools and elementary schools were available for every 100 or 50 families per town. The puritan boys would go to school from six to eight years old and would take their education further. Girls were used in the household as their training for the future. In the middle colonies, after 1682, education was becoming more of a needed and mandated option for children. The education requirements were advancing as fast as the colonies were developing. As provisions for schools were being created, the law of 1683 was passed. Parents that had children must have them ready to read and write by twelve with a general apprenticeship in a trade. Without both of these requirements, fines would be implemented to parents. The education requirements were advancing as fast as the colonies were developing. After the 1700 no new provisions occurred and schools varied with religion and racial background. As public funding for education was booming, the southern states thought education should be everyone else`s personal responsibility if wanting to further education and not the states. Since slavery was in the souths, it was not beneficial for them and difficult to create public funding. To further and have mandatory education was not in place until 1875 lawsuit in Kalamazoo to support public high schools. In small village, the idea of creating a public high school was in the works. There were no provisions against funding public high schools. The states would grab the taxes for 13 years to support the school but the officials were not pleased and wanted some type of obligation pay back. Without this public high school idea, students who wanted to further their studies would have to be in private schools . If students did not have the money to go to school, it would put them in a position not to go to school and the state will have less educated people, which is not beneficial for them. The way of persuading the state is saying that high school was a preparatory step for college. This one case helped many more other cases create public high schools.