American_education_1.pptVIP

American Education Contents Education in the U.S. --- History 1. American education was rooted in the Old World experience. When the Puritan settlers in Massachusetts came to the New World, they brought with them a belief that education was fundamental to religion and to service for the commonwealth. Education in the U.S. --- History 2. After the War of independence, American education came into its own. 3. Before the Civil War in the 1860s, there was little laws that concerned children to attend school. The colonial period Colonial primary education was well developed. Elementary scho