Education in the United States of America

Education in the United States of America
Educational system has been shaped since colonial times by the first settlers, the founding fathers. They hoped that education would create a modern nation. in the late 19th and 20th century by the waves of immigration
It served both the church and new colonies as Puritan New England stressed religious indoctrination
British authorities did not provide money for education, so local control developed
The first schools relied on the settlers themselves
The common view was that parents should be responsible for children's education
In 1642, the colony of Massachusetts passed a law assigning responsibility for the education of children to parents
At the same time each town tried to build a school (colonial North and Pennsylvania)
In 1647, the colony of Massachusetts passed a law that required every town to provide its children with schools and school masters. Harvard College was founded in 1636, only six years after the puritan migration to America started In the colonial South education was reserved for an elite of planters' children (private tutor)
Three R's - The core subjects were: reading, writing and arithmetic
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