Posted on 04/29/2026 6:39:54 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
“The real reason America created public schools… had nothing to do with education.” It’s a bold claim—but the truth is more complex, and far more interesting than the headline suggests. 🧠
Public education in the United States began taking shape in the 19th century, especially during the Common School Movement led by Horace Mann. His goal wasn’t to avoid education—it was to expand it. At the time, schooling was inconsistent, often private, and inaccessible to many families. Public schools were created to provide free, basic education to all children, regardless of social class. 🏫
But education wasn’t the only purpose. These schools also aimed to create a more stable and unified society. In a rapidly growing nation with waves of immigration and industrial change, leaders saw schools as a way to teach shared values, civic responsibility, and basic skills needed for work and participation in society. 🌍
Critics often point out that early public schools emphasized discipline, routine, and conformity—preparing students for factory life during the Industrial Revolution. There’s some truth to that. Schools did reflect the needs of the time, including workforce preparation and social order. But that doesn’t mean education wasn’t the goal—it means it served multiple purposes at once. ⚙️
So was it about control, or about opportunity? The answer is: both factors played a role. Public schools were designed to educate, but also to shape citizens, reduce inequality, and respond to economic demands. Over time, the system evolved into what we recognize today. 📈
In this video, we break down the real history behind public education in America, separating facts from viral claims and exploring why schools were created in the first place.
Watch until the end—because the truth is more layered than the theory.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
"Free" ...
Bullstuff!
I pay for it twice every year ... and I never used it.
"Free" ...
For government, "free" means "we'll rob your neighbors at gunpoint, and give you some of the ill-gotten gains".
We, then, who are engaged in the sacred cause of education, are entitled to look upon all parents as having given hostages to our cause; and, just as soon as we can make them see the true relation in which they and their children stand to this cause, they will become advocates for its advancement, more ardent and devoted than ourselves.
Hostages. This was an evil and wicked man. He said hostages. In his view the children are hostages.
That's why many local/State governments violently opposed Catholic schools.
I wish I could remember the name of the series and author, but back in the 90’s there was a multi-part syndicated history series narrated by a Presbyterian (not sure) minister on our regional AM radio station. I listened to it on my daily morning hour long commute. He specifically talked about this and that is started in the 1850’s.
"Concerns" meant "We don't control it ... they might teach something we don't agree with."
"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state"
It did not, you are way too late in your timeline. That process started with Horace Mann himself in the 19th century. That's why Massachusetts is often times arguably the furthest along when it comes to radically leftist proposals.
In Mass. they've been indoctrinated for the longest period of time in the Horace Mann schools.
You posted 20 some memes, hereby making a logical discussion more problematic. Couldn’t you have done all the memes in one reply?(or maybe two?)
The abortionists want to keep track and control everyone.Big Pharma is coming for everyone.
It was illegal at one time to teach slaves to read and write. That became too obvious, so instead they teach them nonsense at a sub par level.
Parents, if they're teaching your kids nonsense, your kids are slaves.
“I never could cooperate. Study, think, sure. But on my terms, the subjects that intrested ME.”
Me too and boy did I get it good.
It's easier to read and easier for readers to refer to the Post number if they're all separated.
Rushdoony?
You misunderstood me and you should know better than this about me by now. I'm well aware of Mann, Dewey, Wundt, Hall, Thorndike, Cattell, and the rest. Yet there was a discontinuity introducing specifically communism into teacher's education that was the Frankfurt School at Columbia.
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