EDUC 50 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Critical Role, Catharine Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The educated citizen: if a nation expects to be ignorant and free, it expects what never was and never will be - thomas jefferson. In the pre-revolutionary america, large towns in new england were required to build schools. Schools played a critical role after america won their independence from britain. Jefferson said that in a democracy since people vote and choose their rulers, this means it is vital for citizens to learn to read and write and learn enough of the foundations of education to be a citizen. Jefferson"s idea: guarentee three years of public schooling for all children, with advanced education for a select few- ranking a few geniuses from the rubbish . Meritocracy: government or the holding of power by people selected on the basis of their ability. Didn"t consider female geniuses, only 3 years. Dreams of state wide school systems came true through horace mann. Mann was the secretary of education for the state of massachusetts.
