The Prussian school system was divided into a few different schools. Some would teach the kids how to think properly (the ones who would be the future leaders). Other schools would teach the kids how to somewhat think. However, the majority of schools would exist solely to teach the children to be obedient.
In the 1800s, all of the founders of "public" education in the United States copied this system straight from Prussia. This is why the inner city schools are so bad and why the suburban schools fail to teach children to think properly.
http://www.flatlandbooks.com/gatto.html
Why did the US adopt this awful system and the compulsory education laws that go with it?
2007-10-29 13:20:55 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
No, I'm not. My source is John Taylor Gatto, former 3 time NYC teacher of the year (and NY state teacher of the year when he quit teaching) who has been writing well-researched books on government schools for the last 15-20 years.
2007-10-29 14:14:28 · update #1
You are mistaken in your assumptions about US Educational policy history.
2007-10-29 13:29:12 · answer #1 · answered by hottotrot1_usa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's all about jobs, money and votes. The Prussian system you reference no longer exists in America, what we have now is considerably worse
2007-10-30 02:28:33 · answer #2 · answered by espreses@sbcglobal.net 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋