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`Do We Still Need Public Schools?`

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From their very inception , public schools have been aimed at fulfilling some important objectives for the state . This booklet distributed by the Phi Delta Kappan entails a lot about how public schools came into being and what underlying factors led to their promotion by some of the founding fathers

The booklet presents in a very succinct manner the history of the development of the public school system in the United States . The founding fathers ' concept of providing education for everyone ranging from the poor

to the privileged regardless of the ability to pay for it was something ground breaking for its time and encountered varying degrees of opposition even within the fledgling new country 's legislature . Once it was found , it was plagued by other troubles such as segregation but public schools still emerged from the rubble as something that benefitted society as a whole

Underlying the formation of the public school system were certain beliefs about what a state should provide . The new country was known as the land of opportunity and the opportunity for education was equally important . It provided the youth with a chance for intellectual equality , helping them become economically self sufficient and better citizens in a democratic society . It further served to unify this population of diverse peoples from Europe and the orient , with the aim of making it one strong united nation . In a country that claimed to be the bulwark of democracy , public schooling for...

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